- Date
- September 16, 1964
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8844FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181771
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0749 64/9/16 SANTA ANA CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1346 N8844F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 44, 5500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 170 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HELIPAD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: RUNNING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8844F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Helipad
N8844FRegistration cancelled Jan 9, 2018 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming GO-435
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