# Accident 19900530018999A: Hughes 269C, Tallulah, LA, May 30, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1990, 14:00 local time
- Place: Tallulah, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4067° N, 91.1917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tallulah, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4067&lon=-91.1917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N431MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N431MS-1991-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C (registry code 8059502, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900530018999A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 FTW90FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA111), May 30, 1990: Schweizer 269C (N431MS), Tallulah, LA, destroyed. Probable cause: LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO A MULTIPLE BIRD STRIKE AND INCORRECT CONTROL INPUTS BY THE PILOT IN THE FLARE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE BIRD STRIKE INDUCED VIBRATIONS AND THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE CONTACT…

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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