# Incident 19910126004379I: Hughes 269C, Borrego Springs, CA, January 26, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1991, 16:18 local time
- Place: Borrego Springs, CA
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2559° N, 116.3750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Borrego Springs, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2559&lon=-116.3750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59HH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59HH-2013-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 530 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910126004379I

## Narrative

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

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

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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