- Date
- January 18, 1968
- Place
- Wyola, MT · WYOLA, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9389FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111744
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1291 68/1/18 NR.WYOLA,MONT HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N9389F PX- 0 0 2 CTR PASSG-D AGE 31, 2227 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 305 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. REMARKS- SNOW-COUNT SURVEY.ACFT STRUCK GRND SPINNING TO THE RIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9389F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9389FRegistration cancelled Mar 20, 2020 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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