# Incident 20000522017739I: Hughes 269C1, Oakland, CA, May 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2000, 07:45 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20256, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20256-2013-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C-1 (registry code 8059504, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HO-360 series (registry code 41513, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ho-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C1
- Reported engine: LYC HO360C1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 300 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000522017739I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS DOING AN INSTRUCTION FLIGHT WITH ^PRIVACY DATA ^. THEY DID TWO TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS BEFORE ENGINE FAILED.  THERE WAS NO INDICATION ON THE INSTRUMENT GAUAGES THAT INDICATED SOMETHING WAS WRONG.  AFTER TAKE OFF FROM H11, ^PRIVACY DATA ^ FELT HARD VIRBRATION IN THE HELICOPTER AND ROTOR RPM STARTED TO DROP.  ^PRIVACY DA^ IMMEDIATELY ROLLED ON THE THROTTLE TO RECOVER THE RPM.  SINCE THE RPM DID NOT RECOVER ^PRIVACY DA^ ENTERED AUTOROTATION.  THE ENGINE STOPPED BEFORE THEY HIT THE GROUND.  A CONTROLLED EMERGENCY LANDING WAS PERFORMED TO THE GRASS AREA EAST OF RUNWAY 33.  NO DAMAGE TO THE HELICOPTER.  AFTER LANDING ^PRIVACY DA^ TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, BUT THE STARTED WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN THE ENGINE AROUND.  THE TOWER WAS INFORMED IMMEDIATELY.

## Other reports on N20256 (1)

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

- [Accident 20020715015649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020715015649A), Jul 15, 2002: Hughes 269C1 (N20256), Clayton, CA, No damage. (-23) Pilot russel reported in an interview the following events resulting in the forced emergency landing. On the day and time referenced, Mr. Russel as…

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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