# Accident 19881005069779A: Hughes 269C, Vero Beach, FL, October 5, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1988, 09:10 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6395° N, 80.3896° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6395&lon=-80.3896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8602F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8602F-1999-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,787 total, 300 in this make and model, 228 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881005069779A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR PRACTICING GROUND HOVER. SKID HIT GROUND. INDUCED GROUND RESONANCE DESTROYED HELICOPTER.

## 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 MIA89FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA004), Oct 5, 1988: Hughes 269C (N8602F), Vero Beach, FL, destroyed

## Other reports on N8602F (1)

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

- [Accident 19830416014479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830416014479A), Apr 16, 1983: Hughes 269C (N8602F), Vero Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Student failed to arrest rate of descent and rotation on a practice autorotation. Ground impact collapsed a skid.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.