# Accident 19940525012659A: Hughes 269B, Toulon, IL, May 25, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1994, 18:30 local time
- Place: Toulon, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0934° N, 89.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toulon, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0934&lon=-89.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9375F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9375F-2013-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,306 total, 1,295 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940525012659A

## Narrative

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

IN HOOVER TESTING NEW ROTOR BLADES VIBRATION.SAT DOWN.GROND RESONANCE DESTROYED COPTER, STRUTS DAMPERS INCORRECT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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