- Date
- April 20, 1968
- Place
- Tigard, OR · TIGARD, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9477FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110462
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1710 68/4/20 TIGARD,OREG HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 1790 TIME - 1035 N9477F PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEYER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- SKID STUCK IN MUD.FAILED TO GET ACFT LIGHT ON SKIDS BEFORE LIFT-OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9477F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meyer
N9477FRegistration cancelled May 26, 2006 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N9477F · 2
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