- Date
- September 4, 1973
- Place
- Puyallup, WA · PUYALLUP, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9432FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730904032899A
- Case key
- 188245
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3228 73/9/4 PUYALLUP,WASH HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1951 TIME - 1530 N9432F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PUYALLUP INDSTRL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUYALLUP,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- PRACTICE AUTOROTATION.HIT TAIL ON RECOVERY,ROLLED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9432F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Puyallup Indstrl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9432F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.