- Date
- March 12, 1967
- Place
- Hillsboro, OR · HILLSBORO, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8729FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119120
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0096 67/3/12 HILLSBORO,OREG HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 8019 TIME - 1745 N8729F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 112 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLINGER STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: VERTICAL ROLL OVER IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PAX DROPPED PORTABLE RADIO JAMMING CYCLIC CONTROL. MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8729F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Olinger Strip
N8729FRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.