- Date
- October 3, 1964
- Place
- Scottsdale, AZ · SCOTTSDALE, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8744FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0762 64/10/3 SCOTTSDALE ARIZ HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N8744F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 37, 5992 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 540 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- PILOT DEMONSTRATING PWR RECOVERY FROM PRACTICE AUTORATATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8744F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8744FRegistration cancelled Apr 1, 2023 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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