Hughes 269 N8759F
9 September 1973 · Sloughhouse, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 9 September 1973 at about 09:35 local time, a Hughes 269 registered N8759F was involved in an accident during in flight near Sloughhouse, California, 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 09:35
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Sloughhouse, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Rancho Murieta
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Hughes 269
- Registration
- N8759F
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Dual
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Fair Oaks, Calif → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2635
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
STDNT PLT CLSD THROTTLE, BOTTOMED COLLECTIVE ATMTNG TO INCRS RPM.RESONANCE POST-IMPACT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jul 1973 | Hughes 269A | Alpine, Texas, United States | Plains Helicop | Minor injuries | - |
| 8 May 1973 | Hughes 269A | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Dixie Flight C | No injuries | - |
| 9 Sep 1973 | Hughes 269A | Ft Collins, Colorado, United States | Valley Airpark | No injuries | - |
| 16 Oct 1973 | Hughes 269B | Springfield, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 23 Aug 1973 | Hughes 269B | Hart, Texas, United States | Plains Helicop | Fatal | - |
| 4 Sep 1973 | Hughes 269B | Puyallup, Washington, United States | Puget SD Helic | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |