- Date
- August 13, 1964
- Place
- Fresno, CA · FRESNO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8863FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182681
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0685 64/8/13 FRESNO CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 420 TIME - 0815 N8863F PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRESNO AIR TERMNL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-IMPROPERLY EXECUTED AUTOROTATIVE LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8863F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fresno Air Termnl
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Other investigations on N8863F · 2
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