# Incident 19880503020479I: Hughes 369HS, Austin, TX, May 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1988, 17:15 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9203F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9203F-2001-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880503020479I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19770619016761A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770619016761A), Jun 19, 1977: Hughes 369HS (N9203F), Waller, TX, Minor damage. Crossed arpt abt 200FT ovr rwy.

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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