# Accident 19870603018439A: Hughes 269C, Vancouver, WA, June 3, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1987, 16:15 local time
- Place: Vancouver, WA
- Airport: Pearson Airpark Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6387° N, 122.6615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vancouver, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6387&lon=-122.6615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9606F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9606F-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 356 total, 140 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA87LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870603018439A

## Narrative

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

VIBRATION AND FIRE OCCURRED AFTER A RUN ON LANDING. TRANSMISSION GUSSETTS AND FLANGE FAILURE SUSPECTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA87LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA109), Jun 3, 1987: Hughes 269C (N9606F), Vancouver, WA, destroyed

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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