Aviation Crash Map

Hughes 269B N9459F

26 April 1969 · Long Beach, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 April 1969 at about 20:45 local time, a Hughes 269B registered N9459F, operated by City of Lakewo, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Long Beach, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Long Beach, California, United States
Nearest airport
Long Beach
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Hughes 269B
Registration
N9459F
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
City of Lakewo
Operating rule
Municipal-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight
Police Patrol
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
3-1145

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

PRACTICING AUTOROTATIONS TO A FLARE, POWER RECOVERY AT NITE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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