19810914059249I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269A · Daytona Beach, FL · September 14, 1981

Date
September 14, 1981 · 17:21 local
Place
Daytona Beach, FL
Airport
Regional
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N90272
Reported as
Hughes 269A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total2,500 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Training, autoratation landing. Noise on touchdown uncontrollable shaking. Found main rotor blades severed tailboom

As the FAA filed it

TRAINING, AUTORATATION LANDING. NOISE ON TOUCHDOWN UNCONTROLLABLE SHAKING. FOUND MAIN ROTOR BLADES SEVERED TAILBOOM