- Date
- February 5, 1978
- Place
- Graham, WA · GRAHAM, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9442FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780205001579A
- Case key
- 143756
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0258 78/2/5 GRAHAM,WA HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 3500 TIME - 1600 N9442F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DITTMERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAHAM,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- USED INSUFFICIENT COLLECTIVE PITCH TO CUSHION LANDING.M/R FLEXED INTO BOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9442F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dittmers
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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 N9442F · 2
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