# Accident 19900302003509A: Hughes 269C, Vero Beach, FL, March 2, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1990, 14:30 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58275, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58275-1990-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 327 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA90LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900302003509A

## Narrative

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

TAIL ROTOR STRUCK GROUND ON PRACTICE AUTO ROTATION LANDING. IMPACT SEVERED TAILBOOM.

## 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 MIA90LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA076), Mar 2, 1990: Hughes 300C (N58275), Vero Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND/INSTRUCTOR PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR RPM AFTER LANDING FROM A TOUCHDOWN AUTOROTATION. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE GUSTY WIND CONDITION.

## Other reports on N58275 (2)

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

- [Accident 19900509016489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900509016489A), May 9, 1990: Hughes 269C (N58275), Fort Pierce, FL, Destroyed. Student and CFI were on controls while trying to land from a simulated autorotation. Skid hit light. Dynamic roll.
- [Accident 19860212002639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860212002639A), Feb 12, 1986: Hughes 269C (N58275), Vero Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Instructor assumed control too late to stop a hard landing and damage to the tail boom during autorotation practice

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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