- Date
- May 25, 1964
- Place
- Mexico, MO · MEXICO, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8929FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185003
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0194 64/5/25 MEXICO MO HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1200 N8929F PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION 32, 7560 TOTAL HOURS, 93 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 87 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 750 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8929F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8929FRegistration cancelled Jan 9, 2018 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-360 series
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Other investigations on N8929F · 3
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