- Date
- February 25, 1969
- Place
- Panoche, CA · PANOCHE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N13470Hughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187950
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0940 69/2/25 PANOCHE,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 531 TIME - 1200 N13470 PX- 0 0 2 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 185 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO CONSIDER NEAR GROSS WT,HIGH HUMIDITY. TOOK OFF OVER TREES,ACFT SETTLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13470
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N13470Registration cancelled Nov 22, 2003 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N13470 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.