# Incident 20000823021229I: Hughes 269C, Liberty, MO, August 23, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2000, 20:01 local time
- Place: Liberty, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2413° N, 94.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Liberty, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2413&lon=-94.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N641KC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 431 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000823021229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PUBLIC USE KANSAS CITY, MO. POLICE HELICOPTER WAS PERFORMING PRACTICEMANUEVERS WITH THE LIBERTY, MO. POLICE DEPARTMENT AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROX.500 FEET AGL. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. THE AFT SKID STRUTS SUSTAINED BEND DAMAGE. THE ENGINE IS BEING SHIPPED TO TEXTRON LYCOMING FOR TEAR DOWN AND ANALYSIS. INCIDENT NUMBER CE2000IGA078 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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