# Accident 19900509016489A: Hughes 269C, Fort Pierce, FL, May 9, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1990, 16:03 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ECPS
- Location: 27.3707° N, 80.3104° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3707&lon=-80.3104&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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA90FA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900509016489A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT AND CFI WERE ON CONTROLS WHILE TRYING TO LAND FROM A SIMULATED AUTOROTATION. SKID HIT LIGHT. DYNAMIC ROLL.

## 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 MIA90FA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA117), May 9, 1990: Hughes 269C (N58275), Fort Pierce, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: IMPROPER TOUCHDOWN DURING THE AUTOROTATION BY THE DUAL STUDENT (ATP), HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN RUNWAY ALIGNMENT, INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE CFI, AND INADEQUATE CREW COORDINATION. A FACTOR RELATED…

## Other reports on N58275 (2)

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

- [Accident 19900302003509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900302003509A), Mar 2, 1990: Hughes 269C (N58275), Vero Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Tail rotor struck ground on practice auto rotation landing. Impact severed tailboom.
- [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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