# Incident 19980128003209I: Hughes OH6A, El Paso, TX, January 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1998, 15:40 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: West Texas Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17WW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17WW-2013-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes OH-6A (registry code 4470905, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-oh-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES OH6A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980128003209I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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