# Incident 19991120034049I: Hughes 269C1, Concord, CA, November 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1999, 10:00 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6148D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6148D-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C-1 (registry code 8059504, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C1
- Reported engine: LYC HO360C1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 91 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991120034049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT AFTER PRACTICING "STEP TURNS" AT 1500 FEET AND IN THE TURN TOWARDS CONCORD, CA (CCR), THE LOW VOLTAGE LIGHT CAME ON, OIL PRESSURE AND ENGINE RPM WERE READING ZERO, AND ROTOR RPM INDICATING APPROX. 400 RPM. AFTER REALIZING THAT HE HAD NO POWER, HE ENTERED AUTOROTATION.  THERE WERE MORE THAN 30 GAL OF FUEL IN THE TANKS.  THE CARB. HEAT WAS ON AND TEMPERATURE INDICATION WAS OUT OF THE YELLOW ARC.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE (FRONT CROSS BEAM WAS REPLACED).

## Other reports on N6148D (1)

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

- [Accident 20160716021059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160716021059A), Jul 16, 2016: Schweizer 269C-1 (N6148D), Calhoun, GA, Destroyed. On the day of the accident, 07/16/2016 , [privacy data omitted] and [privacy data omitted] went to look at [privacy data omitted] helicopter , 1998 Schweizer…

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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