# Incident 20000902026719I: Hughes 269C, St. Francis, MO, September 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2000, 19:10 local time
- Place: St. Francis, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8564° N, 90.5187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Francois, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8564&lon=-90.5187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24TP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24TP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 150 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000902026719I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON TAKEOFF FIELD LOCATION AT APPROXIMATELY SEVENTY FEET, PILOT HEARD "METAL ON METAL" SOUND FROM REAR OF HELICOPTER IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY AN AIRCRAFT RIGHT YAW OF APPROXIMATELY THIRTY DEGREES. PILOT ENTERED AUTOROTATION AND LANDED ON A SLOPE RESULTING IN THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES, TAIL SKID, AND LOWER VERTICAL FIN ON THE TAIL BOOM STRIKING THE GROUND.  ADDITIONALLY, AIRCRAFT AFT LANDING GEAR CROSS TUBE AND STRUCTURAL SUPPORT WERE SPREAD/BENT RESPECTIVELY.  INITIAL DISCUSSION OF AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WITH NTSB INVESTIGATOR ^PRIVACY DATA^ (CHICAGO) RESULTED IN AN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OF AN INCIDENT.  SUSPECT LOSS OR CONTROL OF TAIL ROTOR AUTHORITY.  INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING INTO DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF THE AIRCRAFT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N24TP (1)

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

- [Incident 19901023058169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901023058169I), Oct 23, 1990: Hughes 269C (N24TP), Brooksville, FL, Minor damage. Main rotor drive shaft failed. Autorotated to safe landing.

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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