- Date
- September 16, 1973
- Place
- Eagle Lake, WA · EAGLE LAKE, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8955FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730916035239A
- Case key
- 187944
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3611 73/9/16 EAGLE LAKE,WASH HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N8955F PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 36, 2451 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 825 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAGLE LAKE HELI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAGLE LAKE,WASH UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: RUNNING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-EXCEEDED PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY OF ACFT. WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 55 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DENSITY ALT 5000 FT. NEAR MAX GROSS WT-
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8955F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eagle Lake Heli
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8955F · 1
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