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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269C · Pendleton, OR · May 13, 1985

Date: May 13, 1985 · 16:05 local
Place: Pendleton, OR
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N300ST
Reported as: Hughes 269C
Reported engine: Lycoming HIO360D1A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total600 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N300STRegistration cancelled Dec 31, 2022 · Hughes 269CS/N 111005 · Built 1981 Airframe modelHughes 269C Engine modelLycoming HIO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot left aircraft engine running at idle and deplaned. Collective came up and added power causing damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LEFT AIRCRAFT ENGINE RUNNING AT IDLE AND DEPLANED. COLLECTIVE CAME UP AND ADDED POWER CAUSING DAMAGE.