# Incident 19860116006319I: Hughes 369D, Livermore, CA, January 16, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1986, 08:59 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6870° N, 121.7598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Livermore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6870&lon=-121.7598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5093Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5093Y-1991-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860116006319I

## Narrative

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

POWER LOSS DURING HOVER. DAMAGE TO SKID AND ROTOR SYSTEM DURING A HARD LANDING. A COMPRESSOR WHEEL HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N5093Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19880216002609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880216002609A), Feb 16, 1988: Hughes 369D (N5093Y), Houstontown, PA, Destroyed. Tail rotor assembly broke off in flight when it was struck by a helmet flight bag blown out of cockpit.

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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