- Date
- August 7, 1966
- Place
- Eaverton, OR · EAVERTON, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9427FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122449
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0711 66/8/7 EAVERTON OREG HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 832 TIME - 1135 N9427F PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERNARD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- INITIATED MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE TYPE TAKEOFF FROM GARAGE ROOF IN WELL POPULATED RESIDENTIAL AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9427F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bernard
N9427FRegistration cancelled May 5, 2016 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming HIO-360 series
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Other investigations on N9427F · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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