19871124067789A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 269B · Las Vegas, NV · November 24, 1987

Date
November 24, 1987 · 14:28 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N22730
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA88LA022
Reported as
Hughes 269B
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360A1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,005 total1,280 in this make and model240 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.

Practicing autorotations. Entered ground resonance when clutch cable assembly broke at the tension spring assembly.

As the FAA filed it

PRACTICING AUTOROTATIONS. ENTERED GROUND RESONANCE WHEN CLUTCH CABLE ASSEMBLY BROKE AT THE TENSION SPRING ASSEMBLY.

NTSB investigation

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