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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269B · Hilo, HI · March 26, 1989

Date: March 26, 1989 · 16:20 local
Place: Hilo, HI
Airport: Hilo General Lyman Field Airport
Phase of flight: Idling Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9449F
Reported as: Hughes 269B
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,100 total540 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N9449FRegistration cancelled Jan 2, 1996 · Hughes 269BS/N 360238 Airframe modelHughes 269B

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Decided to land and wait out weather. Aricraft lurched and tail rotor hit rock by lava pond. Sight seeing flight.

As the FAA filed it

DECIDED TO LAND AND WAIT OUT WEATHER. ARICRAFT LURCHED AND TAIL ROTOR HIT ROCK BY LAVA POND. SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT.

Other reports on N9449F · 2

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

Accident 19780715016669AHovering · Snoqualamie, WALdg on small platform,orstacles on 3 sides. Pax inadvertently intred with anti-torque pedals.Jul 15, 1978 · Substantial damage Accident 19750706023389APower On Descent (Rotorcraft) · Talkeetna, AKTouched dwn with fwd motion & lost ctl. Plt had minimum time in type acft in last 8 yrs.Jul 6, 1975 · Substantial damage