- Date
- May 22, 1964
- Place
- Bishop, CA · BISHOP, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9353FHughes 300
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184913
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0191 64/5/22 BISHOP CALIF HUGHES 300 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N9353F PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 42, 775 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED *ERROR-INVALID CODE* OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 245 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9353F
- Reported as
- Hughes 300
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9353FRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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