# Accident 19890606014549A: Hughes 269C, Millersville, IL, June 6, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1989, 07:48 local time
- Place: Millersville, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: JHRG
- Location: 39.3798° N, 89.0708° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3798&lon=-89.0708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7439F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7439F-2014-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,098 total, 1,002 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89DEV06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89DEV06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890606014549A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED GROUND IN LEVEL ALTITUDE BOUNCED AND FLIPPED INVERTED DURING A TURNAROUND FROM A SPRAY RUN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI89DEV06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89DEV06), Jun 6, 1989: Hughes 269C (N7439F), Millersville, IL, destroyed. Probable cause: LOSS OF ROTOR RPM FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON DURING A TURN TO REVERSE DIRECTION WHILE APPLYING AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS.

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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