# Accident 19940225012679A: Hughes 269C, Pacific Ocean, FM, February 25, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1994, 06:20 local time
- Place: Pacific Ocean, FM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N61414, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61414-1995-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C (registry code 8059502, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,152 total, 333 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940225012679A

## Narrative

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

BLACK SMOKE FROM ENGINE ON TAKEOFF FROM FISHING VESSEL. TRIED RETURN. LOST POWER. LANDED IN OCEAN AND CAPSIZED.

## 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 LAX94LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA196), Feb 25, 1994: Schweizer 300C (N61414), Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean), destroyed. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

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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