# Accident 19971231046889A: Hughes 269C, Riviera, TX, December 31, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1997, 08:30 local time
- Place: Riviera, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2995° N, 97.7981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riviera, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2995&lon=-97.7981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1091Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1091Y-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971231046889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 31, 1997, AT 0830 CDT, A HUGHES 269C HELICOPTER, N1091Y REGISTERED TO SMITH HELICOPTERS, INC., SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AN AUTOROTATION FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR RIVIERA, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL CATTLE HERDING FLIGHT AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE KING RANCH NORIAS DIVISION THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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

## Other reports on N1091Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19980102000039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980102000039A), Jan 2, 1998: Hughes 269C (N1091Y), Riviera, TX, Substantial damage. Engine quit while herding cattle. Autorotated to hard landing main rotors chopped tail boom. (.4)following a total loss of engine power, during a cattle…

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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