ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 377999
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Date: | Saturday 8 December 1984 |
Time: | 14:30 LT |
Type: | Hughes 269C |
Owner/operator: | Flight Trails |
Registration: | N8663F |
MSN: | 1070640 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2685 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming HIO-360-D1A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Boulevard, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Ramona, CA |
Destination airport: | Carlsbad, CA (KCRQ) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:PLT WAS EXECUTING LOW LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF VALLEYS IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. ACFT ENTERED A NARROW VALLEY WITH STEEPLY RISING TERRAIN AHEAD. WHEN PLT REALIZED EXCESSIVE RATE OF CLIMB WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CLEAR OBSTACLES, HE ATTEMPTED A STEEP TURN-AROUND WHILE ACFT WAS CLIMBING SHARPLY. ROTOR RPM DECAYED AND THE ACFT SETTLED INTO TREES AND BRUSH.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX85LA063 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX85LA063
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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