19930110001589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269B · Sanibel Island, FL · January 10, 1993

Date
January 10, 1993 · 14:00 local
Place
Sanibel Island, FL
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7169M
Reported as
Hughes 269B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
140 in this make and model65 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.

While attempting a right turn helicopter would not come out of turn. Entered autorotation. Landed in gulf.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ATTEMPTING A RIGHT TURN HELICOPTER WOULD NOT COME OUT OF TURN. ENTERED AUTOROTATION. LANDED IN GULF.