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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269A · New Port Richie, FL · February 21, 1993

Date
February 21, 1993 · 16:35 local
Place
New Port Richie, FL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N628DW
Reported as
Hughes 269A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total30 in this make and model0 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.

Rotor drive shaft failure. Landed in lake. Found a failed rotor drive shaft. Not qualified to carry passengers.

As the FAA filed it

ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT FAILURE. LANDED IN LAKE. FOUND A FAILED ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT. NOT QUALIFIED TO CARRY PASSENGERS.