- Date
- April 3, 1972
- Place
- Oakland, CA · OAKLAND, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9629FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165685
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0882 72/4/3 OAKLAND,CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1121 TIME - 1434 N9629F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 898 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 ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT PULLED IN SOME COLLECTIVE TO REACH OPEN STREET AREA.LOST RPM CAUSING HARD LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9629F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oakland
N9629FRegistration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Hughes 269CAirframe modelHughes 269CEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.