# Accident 19870617020649A: Hughes 269C, Aurora, IL, June 17, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1987, 10:30 local time
- Place: Aurora, IL
- Airport: Aurora
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA MUNI (ARR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3625B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3625B-2012-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 493 total, 493 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI87LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870617020649A

## Narrative

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

GROUND RESONANCE CAUSED BY VIBRATION OCCURRED ON PRACTICE. TAIL ROTOR FAILURE LANDING. MAIN ROTORS CHOPPED OFF TAIL

## 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 CHI87LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA150), Jun 17, 1987: Hughes 300C (N3625B), Aurora, IL, substantial damage

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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