- Date
- July 13, 1964
- Place
- Alief, TX · ALIEF, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8789FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183535
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0251 64/7/13 ALIEF TEX HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 53 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N8789F PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALIEF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8789F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alief
N8789FRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.