# Accident 20000725008019A: Hughes 269C, Sherman, TX, July 25, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2000, 11:00 local time
- Place: Sherman, TX
- Airport: Sherman Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6103° N, 96.6009° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6103&lon=-96.6009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N298SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N298SH-2001-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C (registry code 8059502, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000725008019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT APPROX 20' AGL ACFT ENGINE SURGED AND YAWED RIGHT. PILOT REDUCED THROTTLE AND COLLECTIVE AND APPLIED AFT CYCLIC. JUST PRIOR TO GROUND CONTACT PILOT APPLIED COLLECTIVE FOR LANDING. ACFT IMPACTED GROUND APPROX 5' FROM EDGE OF RUNWAY. WITH GROUND IMPACT ACFT PITCHED LEVEL MADE CONTACT WITH RUNWAY ON RIGHT FRONT SKID. PILOT APPEARED TO HAVE AFT CYCLIC STILL APPLIED. RIGHT FRONT CROSSMEMBER FAILED AT ENGINE CAGE CLUSTER, ACFT IMPACTED RUNWAY AT THAT POINT, BLADE TO RUNWAY CONTACT OCCURRED, BLADES FLEXED TAILBOOM CONTACT OCCURRED WITH ONE BLADE SEVERING TAIL ROTOR. TAILBOOM FAILURE OCCURRED NEAR MAIN ATTACHING POINTS. ACFT CAME TO REST ON LEFT SIDE. NO FIRE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY NTSB HAS REVEALED POSSIBLE MATERIAL FAILURE.

## 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 FTW00LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA216), Jul 25, 2000: Schweizer 269C (N298SH), Sherman, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the total failure of the clutch cable during landing, which resulted from fatigue cracking of the cable's individual wires.

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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