# Accident 19940115000519A: Hughes 269C, Atlanta, GA, January 15, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1994, 23:30 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8994F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8994F-1995-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,656 total, 648 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL94GA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94GA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940115000519A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES PILOT PULLED FUEL SHUTOFF VALVE IN PLACE OF CABIN HEAT CONTROL. LOW ROTOR RPM ON AUTOROTATION. VALVE OFF.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL94GA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94GA038), Jan 16, 1994: Hughes 269C (N8994F), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent closing of the fuel shutoff valve by the pilot. A factor in the accident was the failure of the pilot to maintain rotor RPM during the autorotation.

## Other reports on N8994F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910517021009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910517021009I), May 17, 1991: Hughes 269C (N8994F), Atlanta, GA. Declining power and engine rough. Elected to land on road. Upper left cylinder had blown the plug.

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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