- Date
- July 28, 1969
- Place
- Castle Mt, WA · CASTLE MT, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9432FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165752
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2980 69/7/28 CASTLE MT,WASH HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1254 TIME - 1445 N9432F PX- 0 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 674 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUYALLUP,WASH CASTLE MT,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PLT REPORT T/O ABORTED DUE TO INABILITY TO CLEAR TREES IN FLT PATH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9432F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N9432F · 2
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