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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269A · Detroit Lakes, MN · August 10, 1996

Date: August 10, 1996 · 15:00 local
Place: Detroit Lakes, MN
Phase of flight: Hovering
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9048Y
Reported as: Hughes 269A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total50 in this make and model31 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.

Narrative: approached pearl lake, MN at 200 ft. AGL. Approached to a hover over the lake. Winds calm at the time. Rotorcraft would not maintain hover, settled into the lake. PIC did not notice any abnormalities in engine performance prior to the hover attempt. PIC attempted to hover over the lake, with no winds, near max gross weight. He had 50 hrs. In this make and model. No apparent mechanical problems found with rotorcraft. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: APPROACHED PEARL LAKE, MN AT 200 FT. AGL. APPROACHED TO A HOVER OVER THE LAKE. WINDS CALM AT THE TIME. ROTORCRAFT WOULD NOT MAINTAIN HOVER, SETTLED INTO THE LAKE. PIC DID NOT NOTICE ANY ABNORMALITIES IN ENGINE PERFORMANCE PRIOR TO THE HOVER ATTEMPT. PIC ATTEMPTED TO HOVER OVER THE LAKE, WITH NO WINDS, NEAR MAX GROSS WEIGHT. HE HAD 50 HRS. IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL. NO APPARENT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS FOUND WITH ROTORCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^