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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269C · Owings Mills, MD · May 4, 1989

Date: May 4, 1989 · 05:00 local
Place: Owings Mills, MD
Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N58329
Reported as: Hughes 269C
Reported engine: Lycoming HIO360D1A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,023 total407 in this make and model29 in the last 90 days

N58329Registration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Hughes 269CS/N 290769 · Built 1979 Airframe modelHughes 269C Engine modelLycoming HIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Helicopter parked on slope with engine running. Tipped downhill and main rotor hit ground.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER PARKED ON SLOPE WITH ENGINE RUNNING. TIPPED DOWNHILL AND MAIN ROTOR HIT GROUND.