19971007042479I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269C · Muskego, WI · October 7, 1997

Date
October 7, 1997 · 15:30 local
Place
Muskego, WI
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N520PB
Reported as
Hughes 269C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
176 total61 in this make and model40 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: malfunction or defect report (FAA form 8010-4) submitted to okc. Substantial loss of power occurred resulting in an emergency auto-rotation. Aircraft sustained minor damage. Weather was not a factor. There were no injuries to pilot or passenger. Investigation revealed a failed bellcrank at the governor throttle assembly.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT (FAA FORM 8010-4) SUBMITTED TO OKC. SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED RESULTING IN AN EMERGENCY AUTO-ROTATION. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A FAILED BELLCRANK AT THE GOVERNOR THROTTLE ASSEMBLY.