- Date
- June 28, 1966
- Place
- Eugene, OR · EUGENE, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8756FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171707
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0568 66/6/28 NR.EUGENE OREG HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 369 TIME - 1315 N8756F PX- 0 0 1 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCFT-INADVERTENT CLUTCH DISENGAGEMENT. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUND RESONANCE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- N8756F WAS VIBRATING AND SHAKING AT TOUCHDOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8756F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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