Hughes 300 N9335F
9 December 1967 · Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 9 December 1967 at about 16:45 local time, a Hughes 300 registered N9335F, operated by John E Mahaffe, was involved in an accident during in flight near Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Hughes 300
- Registration
- N9335F
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- John E Mahaffe
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Advertising
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- 2-1007
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
FAILED TO DESCEND FOR BETTER VISIBILITY, AND TO ATTEMPT TO STOP SETTLING-WITH-POWER CONDITION.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Hughes 300 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 1966 | Hughes 300 | Cairo U.a.r, Africa | Pan American U | No injuries | - |
| 21 Mar 1968 | Hughes 300 | Marlow Heights, Maryland, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 8 Feb 1965 | Hughes 300 | Las Vegas Nev, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Aug 1965 | Hughes 300AG | Briscoe Ark, Arkansas, United States | Helicopters, In | No injuries | - |
| 22 May 1964 | Hughes 300 | Bishop Calif, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 31 May 1972 | Hughes 300C | Oakland, California, United States | City of Oaklan | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Mar 1967 | Boeing B-720 | Sheridan, Wyoming, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 Jan 1967 | Piper PA-23 | San Mateo Calif, California, United States | Air, Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
| 5 Jul 1967 | Cessna 150 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | Alpine Aviatio | Serious injuries | - |
| 2 Sep 1967 | Cessna 172E | Ea.hampton, Connecticut, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1967 | Cessna 172 | Matagorda Is. Tex, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 25 Jan 1967 | Cessna 150 | Sapphire, North Carolina, United States | Executive Avia | No injuries | - |