# Incident 19830917065879I: Hughes 269C, Sherwood, OR, September 17, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1983
- Place: Sherwood, OR
- Airport: Starks Twinoaks
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3595° N, 122.8419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sherwood, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3595&lon=-122.8419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7452F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7452F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830917065879I

## Narrative

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

RUNNING ENGINE FOR THE PURPOSE OF BALANCING TRAIL ROTOR. LEFT HELICOPTER. ENGINE SPEEDED UP. HELICOPTER DESTROYED.

## Other reports on N7452F (2)

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

- [Incident 20230205001859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230205001859I), Feb 5, 2023: Hughes 269C (N7452F), Yakima, WA, Minor damage. Aircraft struck a wire during low flight over the naches river nw of Yakima, WA.
- [Accident 20031026026899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031026026899A), Oct 26, 2003: Hughes 269C (N7452F), Hillsboro, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) During an instructional, while hover taxiing, the instructor initiated a hovering autorotation, on touchdown, the skids sank into the soft surface…

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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