# Incident 19960810034229I: Hughes 269A, Detroit Lakes, MN, August 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1996, 15:00 local time
- Place: Detroit Lakes, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8076° N, 95.8466° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit Lakes, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8076&lon=-95.8466&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9048Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960810034229I

## Narrative

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

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^

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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