19880511014039A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 269C · Prineville, OR · May 11, 1988

Date
May 11, 1988 · 18:40 local
Place
Prineville, OR
Airport
Prineville
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N751AM
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA88LA093
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360D1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
284 total209 in this make and model24 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.

Allowed rotor speed to decay while hovering over landing area. Autorotated to hard landing. Broke skid, rolled over

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED ROTOR SPEED TO DECAY WHILE HOVERING OVER LANDING AREA. AUTOROTATED TO HARD LANDING. BROKE SKID, ROLLED OVER

NTSB investigation

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