# Accident 19820412009199A: Hughes 269B, Kissimmee, FL, April 12, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1982, 11:30 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3062° N, 81.4135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kissimmee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3062&lon=-81.4135&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9393F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9393F-2014-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,912 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA82DA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820412009199A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE LOST POWER FLYING LOW OVER WOODED AREA. CRASH-LANDED ON NEARBY ROAD. NO DETERMINATION OF ENGINE PROBLEM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA82DA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA096), Apr 12, 1982: Hughes 269B (N9393F), Near Kissimmee, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9393F (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19791110035179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791110035179A), Nov 10, 1979: Hughes 269B (N9393F), Winter Haven, FL, Substantial damage. Main rotor blades hit tail rotor when student used acft cylic at touchdown during practice autorotation landing.
- [Accident 19790820022539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790820022539A), Aug 20, 1979: Hughes 269B (N9393F), Winter Haven, FL. Pilot shut the engine down after landing the helicopter. Sightseer walked into the rotor blades.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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