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Incident

FAA incident report · Hughes 269C · Borrego Springs, CA · January 26, 1991

Date: January 26, 1991 · 16:18 local
Place: Borrego Springs, CA
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N59HH
Reported as: Hughes 269C
Reported engine: Lycoming HIO360*
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 550 total530 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days

N59HHRegistration cancelled Jan 29, 2013 · Hughes 269CS/N 611059 Airframe modelHughes 269C Engine modelLycoming HIO-360 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.

Enginel failed in flight. Autorotational landing in field. Found NR2 connecting rod had failed.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINEL FAILED IN FLIGHT. AUTOROTATIONAL LANDING IN FIELD. FOUND NR2 CONNECTING ROD HAD FAILED.