# Incident 19890413022089I: Hughes 269C, Hilo, HI, April 13, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1989, 09:30 local time
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Airport: Hilo General Lyman Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.7225° N, 155.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilo, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7225&lon=-155.0868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58344, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58344) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890413022089I

## Narrative

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

HAD POWER FAILURE. ENTERED AUTOROTATION. LANDED IN A FIELD. FOUND EXHAUST VALVE WAS EMBEDDED IN CYLINDER HEAD.

## Other reports on N58344 (1)

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

- [Accident 19890724025129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890724025129A), Jul 24, 1989: Hughes 269C (N58344), Kalapana, HI, Substantial damage. Engine quit en route. Autorotated into trees. Stuck valve on number 2 cylinder caused power loss.

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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