- Date
- May 31, 1972
- Place
- Oakland, CA · OAKLAND, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N9628FHughes 300C
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166917
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2069 72/5/31 OAKLAND,CALIF HUGHES 300C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1181 TIME - 1210 N9628F PX- 0 0 1 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 964 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLAND,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/JET/ROTOR BLAST STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - PROP/JET/ROTOR BLAST MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED RAMP/TAXIWAY REMARKS- DOWNWASH FROM NEAR LARGE HELICOPTER CAUSED MAIN ROTOR BLADE FLEX DOWN AND STRIKE TAIL BOOM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9628F
- Reported as
- Hughes 300C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oakland
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