19851124058099A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 269C · Brooks, OR · November 24, 1985

Date
November 24, 1985 · 14:00 local
Place
Brooks, OR
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N58181
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA86LA026
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360D1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
785 total500 in this make and model120 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.

Chip detector followed by power loss. Hard landing in parking lot where tail boom severed. Cylinder had failed.

As the FAA filed it

CHIP DETECTOR FOLLOWED BY POWER LOSS. HARD LANDING IN PARKING LOT WHERE TAIL BOOM SEVERED. CYLINDER HAD FAILED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.