Aviation Crash Map

Hughes 269A N444E

3 April 1976 · West Charlestn, Ohio, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 3 April 1976 at about 13:40 local time, a Hughes 269A registered N444E was involved in an accident during in flight near West Charlestn, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 13:40
Classification
Accident
Location
West Charlestn, Ohio, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Hughes 269A
Registration
N444E
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Xenia, Oh → Local
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-0715

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 2 0 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

PAX LEANING OUT TAKING PICTURES, HAD LEG DRAPED OVR COLLECTIVE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Hughes 269 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
18 Feb 1976 Hughes 269B
N11212
Renton, Washington, United States
no coordinates
Olympic Helico No injuries -
22 May 1976 Hughes 269A
N8871F
Castroville, Texas, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
26 Jun 1976 Hughes 269C
N8970F
Lampasas, Texas, United States
no coordinates
- Minor injuries -
23 Jul 1976 Hughes 269C
N9580F
Clutier, Iowa, United States
no coordinates
Commercial COP No injuries -
14 Dec 1976 Hughes 269B
N9566F
Long Beach, California, United States
no coordinates
Southland Heli No injuries -
1 Sep 1976 Hughes 269B
N9563F
Holmes Beach, Florida, United States
no coordinates
Manatee County No injuries -

All 1,213 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
10 Feb 1976 Cessna 150
N2816S
Coyanosa, Texas, United States
no coordinates
- Minor injuries -
29 Jan 1976 Beechcraft E18S
N3730B
Manahawkin, New Jersey, United States
no coordinates
Thramway Inc Minor injuries -
14 Mar 1976 Schweizer SGS233
N17965
Elmira, New York, United States
no coordinates
Ithaca Flyingc Minor injuries -
25 Apr 1976 Piper PA-22
N5928Z
Burns, Oregon, United States
no coordinates
Klamath Aircra No injuries -
18 Mar 1976 Douglas DC-3A
N403D
Dallas, Texas, United States
no coordinates
Tricon Airline No injuries -
5 Jun 1976 Bellanca 8KCAB
N8751V
Boulder, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
- Serious injuries -

All 170,864 records in United States