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FAA incident report · Hughes OH-6A · El Paso, TX · January 28, 1998

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Date
January 28, 1998 · 15:40 local
Place
El Paso, TX
Airport
West Texas Airport
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N17WW
Reported as
Hughes OH6A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total400 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days
N17WWRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2013 · Hughes OH-6AS/N 66-07841Airframe modelHughes OH-6A

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on January 28, 1998 at 15:40 MST, a Hughes OH-6A, N17WW, registered to the us border patrol, experienced a hard landing at West Texas Airport, El Paso, Texas while performing an autorotation during a training flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan had been filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage and neither of the two certificated pilots on board were injured. The flight had originated at El Paso international airport approximately 1.6 hours prior to the incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 28, 1998 AT 15:40 MST, A HUGHES OH-6A, N17WW, REGISTERED TO THE US BORDER PATROL, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AT WEST TEXAS AIRPORT, EL PASO, TEXAS WHILE PERFORMING AN AUTOROTATION DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NEITHER OF THE TWO CERTIFICATED PILOTS ON BOARD WERE INJURED. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 1.6 HOURS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.