# Accident 20000614038589A: Hughes 269C, Santa Clarita, CA, June 14, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2000, 09:15 local time
- Place: Santa Clarita, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pinnacle Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3917° N, 118.5426° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Clarita, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3917&lon=-118.5426&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9692F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9692F-2013-08-06) (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 IO360D1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,254 total, 303 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000614038589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) -PILOT MR. MORI, ( A NEW FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR) WAS BEING EVLAUATED AND CHECKED-OUT BY CHIEF PILOT MR. GUSSO. -THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE MOUNTAINOUS AREA LOOKING FOR THE CABIN DOOR, THAT FELL OFF AIRCRAFT THE DAY BEFORE.-MR. GUSSO TOLD MR. MORI TO LAND ON A MOUNTAIN RIDGE. MR. GUSSO THOUGHT HE SPOTTED THE AIRCRAFT CABIN DOOR. -MR. MORI SET-UP LANDING (INTO WIND), WIND SHIFTED TO A TAIL WIND. MR. MORI ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE TO NOT LAND. -MR. GUSSO TOOK CONTROLS TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. ROTOR RPM DECAYED. -AIRCRAFT SKIDS CONTACTED THE GROUND ON DOWNHILL SIDE OF RIDGE. MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED TREE. - AIRCRAFT CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP AND FLIPPED OVER ON LEFT SIDE. (.4) ON JUNE 14, 2000, AT 0915 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A HUGHES 269C, N9692F, ROLLED OVER AFTER ENCOUNTERING SETTLING WITH POWER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN THE NEWHALL PASS, NEAR SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA. THE HELICOPTER, OPERATED BY KING AVIATION CENTERS AS A NEW HIRE INSTRUCTOR CHECKOUT FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT/OWNER (CHECK PILOT) AND THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED FOR THE F        LIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE VAN NUYS AIRPORT, VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA, AT 0900, AND WAS SCHEDULED TO TERMINATE AT VAN NUYS.

## 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 LAX00LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA226), Jun 14, 2000: Hughes 269C (N9692F), Santa Clarita, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Settling with power precipitated by a wind direction change during the approach to land sequence and the check pilot's delayed remedial action to correct the event. Factors in the accident were crew…

## Other reports on N9692F (1)

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

- [Incident 19810826066089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810826066089I), Aug 26, 1981: Hughes 269C (N9692F), Troy, OH, Minor damage. Pilot during aerial application run hit power line. View of line obstructed by trees.

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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