# Incident 20000226004219I: Hughes 269C, Mobile Bay, AL, February 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2000, 14:48 local time
- Place: Mobile Bay, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7480F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7480F-2023-01-14) (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
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000226004219I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLYING SIGHT SEEING TOUR IN MOBILE BAY AND STATED THAT ENGINE ATARTED OT LOSE POWER. PILOT FURTHUR STATED THAT HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN FLIGHT AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON A SAND BAR.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TAIL ROTOR AREA CAUSED BY THE HARD LAND.  SPOKE WITH THE PILOT ON 3/24/00 AND HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT MECHANIC DISCOVERED A STUCK VALVE IN ONE OF THE CYLINDERS.

## Other reports on N7480F (3)

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

- [Accident 20210112001919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210112001919A), Jan 12, 2021: Hughes 269C (N7480F), Spanish Fork, UT, Substantial damage. The crew was conducting required training in preparation for the students category and class rating check ride in two days. The crew practiced several…
- [Accident 19960310003791A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960310003791A), Mar 10, 1996: Hughes 269C (N7480F), Gulfshores, AL, Substantial damage. Crossing runway 09 to land at hangers collided with 172 N6612V that was on final for 09. No radio reports by 269C.
- [Accident 19800814036279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800814036279A), Aug 14, 1980: Hughes 269C (N7480F), Ellsworth, IA, Substantial damage. Skid dropped into water filler hole on helipad. Helicopter pitched backward and rolled over.

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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