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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 369HS · Sarasota, FL · May 2, 1992

Date
May 2, 1992 · 18:20 local
Place
Sarasota, FL
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N369NA
Reported as
Hughes 369HS
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total110 in this make and model150 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.

Fuel filter light on. Made autorotation into water. Water and rust caused filter to by-pass.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL FILTER LIGHT ON. MADE AUTOROTATION INTO WATER. WATER AND RUST CAUSED FILTER TO BY-PASS.