- Date
- April 26, 1971
- Place
- Portland, OR · PORTLAND, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9477FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160919
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1340 71/4/26 PORTLAND,OREG HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1615 N9477F PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING AGE 30, 2668 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 9 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTLAND,OREG LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT WRKNG W/SLING LOAD.WATCHING LOAD OUT L WNDOW,ACFT STRTD TO SETTLE,DRIFTED TO R,BLDS HIT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9477F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9477FRegistration cancelled May 26, 2006 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 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 N9477F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.