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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 269C · Tallulah, LA · May 30, 1990

Date
May 30, 1990 · 14:00 local
Place
Tallulah, LA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N431MS
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW90FA111
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360D1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total2,000 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Flew into large flock of birds damaging rotors. Hit nose down on autorotation forced landing.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO LARGE FLOCK OF BIRDS DAMAGING ROTORS. HIT NOSE DOWN ON AUTOROTATION FORCED LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.