19921114055249I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269C · Corpus Christi, TX · November 14, 1992

Date
November 14, 1992 · 17:00 local
Place
Corpus Christi, TX
Airport
Corpus Christi International
Phase of flight
Aerial Taxi, Other Helicopter
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N42LW
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,300 total300 in this make and model100 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.

Emergency landing when engine and rotor RPM exceeded parameters. Fuel handler filled aircraft with wrong fuel.

As the FAA filed it

EMERGENCY LANDING WHEN ENGINE AND ROTOR RPM EXCEEDED PARAMETERS. FUEL HANDLER FILLED AIRCRAFT WITH WRONG FUEL.