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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269C · Brooksville, FL · October 23, 1990

Date: October 23, 1990 · 14:30 local
Place: Brooksville, FL
Airport: Hernando County
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N24TP
Reported as: Hughes 269C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,600 total2,000 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N24TPRegistered now · Hughes 269CS/N 340283 · Built 1974 Airframe modelHughes 269C Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Main rotor drive shaft failed. Autorotated to safe landing.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT FAILED. AUTOROTATED TO SAFE LANDING.

Other reports on N24TP · 1

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

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