- Date
- September 24, 1976
- Place
- Haena Kauai, HI · HAENA KAUAI, HI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9261FHughes 369
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760924030629A
- Case key
- 155254
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2719 76/9/24 HAENA,KAUAI,HI HUGHES 369 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 5000 TIME - 1442 N9261F PX- 0 0 4 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 152 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HANALEI HELIPAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAENA,KAUAI,HI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLIDED WITH: RESIDENCE(S) TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PAX INADVERTENTLY BLOCKED R CYCLIC CTL WITH FOOT. M/R BLADES DMGD APT VERANDA. SIGHTSEEING FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9261F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hanalei Helipad
N9261FRegistration cancelled Mar 28, 1978 · Hughes 369HSAirframe modelHughes 369HSEngine modelAllison 250 SER 400HP
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.