- Date
- March 31, 1968
- Place
- Yakima, WA · YAKIMA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8888FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110990
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1356 68/3/31 YAKIMA,WASH HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N8888F PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 59, 16578 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 578 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS ROTORCFT-ACFT IN SETTLING WITH POWER CONDITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8888F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8888FRegistration cancelled Apr 27, 2015 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-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.
Other investigations on N8888F · 3
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