- Date
- July 15, 1978
- Place
- Snoqualamie, WA · SNOQUALAMIE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9449FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780715016669A
- Case key
- 141340
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1508 78/7/15 SNOQUALAMIE,WA HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1951 TIME - 1830 N9449F PX- 0 0 2 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRGROUNDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SNOQUALAMIE,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- LDG ON SMALL PLATFORM,ORSTACLES ON 3 SIDES. PAX INADVERTENTLY INTERFERED WITH ANTI-TORQUE PEDALS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9449F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fairgrounds
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9449F · 2
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