- Date
- December 26, 1968
- Place
- Eureka, CA · EUREKA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9327FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191920
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4584 68/12/26 EUREKA,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 3700 TIME - 1030 N9327F PX- 0 0 1 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- LANDED ON DEEP UNEVEN SNOW WITHOUT SNOW SHOES ON SKIDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9327F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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