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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 269C · Kahului, HI · April 23, 1986

Date
April 23, 1986 · 11:49 local
Place
Kahului, HI
Airport
Kahului
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9288F
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX86LA188
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360D1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,143 total252 in this make and model210 in the last 90 days

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 made hovering downwind turn resulting in loss of control and helicopter rolled over.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE HOVERING DOWNWIND TURN RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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