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Incident

FAA incident report · Hughes 369HS · Austin, TX · May 3, 1988

Date
May 3, 1988 · 17:15 local
Place
Austin, TX
Phase of flight
Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9203F
Reported as
Hughes 369HS
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total1,500 in this make and model200 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.

Loud noise in engine. Made an autorotation into a school yard. Found that the pulley assembly driver had failed.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD NOISE IN ENGINE. MADE AN AUTOROTATION INTO A SCHOOL YARD. FOUND THAT THE PULLEY ASSEMBLY DRIVER HAD FAILED.

Other reports on N9203F · 1

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