# Incident 20000811025559I: Hughes 369E, Westcliffe, CO, August 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2000, 16:00 local time
- Place: Westcliffe, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1342° N, 105.4653° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westcliffe, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1342&lon=-105.4653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N504AP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N504AP-2006-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters 369E (registry code 4470707, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-369e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369E
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 700 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000811025559I

## Narrative

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

(-23)UPON LANDING APPROACH TO PRIVATE PROPERTY, ENCOUNTERED A STRONG CROSSWIND. COULD NOT MANEUVER HELICOPTER TO SELECTED LANDING SITE.  PULLED UP TO AVOID STRIKING BLADES, POWER DROPPED TO 98%.  BROUGH HELICOPTER TO THE RIGHT AND LANDED HARD, BENDING THE RIGHT FRONT SKID AND RIGHT REAR STRUT.  NO INJURIES INCURRED.

## Other reports on N504AP (1)

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

- [Accident 19961014032109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961014032109A), Oct 14, 1996: Hughes 369E (N504AP), Hesston, KS, Substantial damage. Running late elected land at his farm. Landing light inop. Aborted. Unknown noise. Rolled landing on golf course.

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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