- Date
- August 15, 1965
- Place
- Delake, OR · DELAKE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8762FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177320
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0758 65/8/15 DELAKE,OREG. HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 155 TIME - 1630 N8762F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - SANDY REMARKS- LANDED ON WET BEACH.SKID SANK IN SAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8762F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8762FRegistration cancelled Jul 8, 2013 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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