# Incident 19890322025019I: Hughes 269C, Tonawanda, NY, March 22, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1989, 17:54 local time
- Place: Tonawanda, NY
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0119° N, 78.8834° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tonawanda, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0119&lon=-78.8834&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5160N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5160N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890322025019I

## Narrative

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

PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON GOLF COURSE. LANDED SAFELY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED TACHOMETER WAS DEFECTIVE.

## Other reports on N5160N (1)

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

- [Accident 19970221045139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970221045139A), Feb 21, 1997: Hughes 269C (N5160N), Hood River, OR, Substantial damage. Demo of crop dusting turn to prospective student. Ran out of collective. Skids bent on impact. Hovered and landed.

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.