# Incident 19881016059849I: Hughes 269C, Spring, TX, October 16, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1988, 17:00 local time
- Place: Spring, TX
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GVDA
- Location: 30.0621° N, 95.3837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0621&lon=-95.3837&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9616F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9616F-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881016059849I

## Narrative

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

DURING AUTOROTATION INSTRUCTION,ENGINE SHUT DOWN. ENTERED AUTOROTATION AND LANDED IN FIELD.RIGHT MAGNETO WAS LOOSE

## Other reports on N9616F (2)

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

- [Accident 19941010040779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941010040779A), Oct 10, 1994: Hughes 269C (N9616F), Livingston, TX, Substantial damage. Crashed into wooded area.
- [Incident 19920827043559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920827043559I), Aug 27, 1992: Hughes 269C (N9616F), Houston, TX. Rough running engine in flight. Precautionary off airport landing. Found helicoil was loose in the cylinder.

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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