# Accident 20000420036799A: Hughes OH6A, Green Valley, AZ, April 20, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2000, 07:30 local time
- Place: Green Valley, AZ
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8092° N, 110.9196° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8092&lon=-110.9196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61869, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61869-2005-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes OH-6A (registry code 4470905, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-oh-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES OH6A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00TA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00TA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000420036799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 20, 2000, AT APPROX. 0730 LOCAL TIME, N61869, HU-369-0H6A, OPERATED BY THE U.S. BORDER PATROL AIR OPERATIONS UNIT, MADE A FORCED LANDING NEAR GREEN VALLEY, AZ. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN TUCSON, AZ AT APPROX. 0615 LOCAL. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE MANUEVERING APPROX. 40 FEET AGL. A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD BY THE PILOT JUST PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AFTER IMPACTING THE GROUND. THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX00TA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00TA163), Apr 20, 2000: Hughes OH-6A (N61869), Green Valley, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Company maintenance personnel's failure to secure an attachment nut to a control link. While maneuvering, the parts separated and resulted in the total cyclic control system failure and impact into…

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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