Hughes 269A N8770F
22 January 1969 · Batavia, New York, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 22 January 1969 at about 11:00 local time, a Hughes 269A registered N8770F, operated by Elba Air Duste, was involved in an accident during static near Batavia, New York, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Batavia, New York, United States
- Nearest airport
- Genesee County
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Hughes 269A
- Registration
- N8770F
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Elba Air Duste
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Check
- Phase of flight
- Static
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1673
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
FLT TEST.ACFT ALLOWED TO OSCILLATE WHILE LIGHT ON SKIDS.CK PLT PULLED PITCH INSTEAD OF LOWERING IT
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Mar 1969 | Hughes 269B | Hachita, New Mexico, United States | Alamo Airways | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Apr 1969 | Hughes 269B | St Paul, Minnesota, United States | Airlift Helico | No injuries | - |
| 13 Apr 1969 | Hughes 269B | New York, New York, United States | Hel-Aire Copte | Serious injuries | - |
| 30 Jul 1969 | Hughes 269A | West Seneca, New York, United States | Bucholtz Trans | No injuries | - |
| 26 Apr 1969 | Hughes 269B | Long Beach, California, United States | City of Lakewo | No injuries | - |
| 29 Aug 1969 | Hughes 269A | Lugoff, South Carolina, United States | Agricultural H | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-28 | Lacosta Is, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |