# Incident 20001103021249I: Hughes 269C, Kansas City, MO, November 3, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2000, 14:20 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N645KC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N645KC-2002-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C (registry code 8059502, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 763 total, 404 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001103021249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SEE ATTACHED PILOT STATEMENT AND ACCOMPANYING SUPERVISOR STATEMENT. DAMAGE TO N645KC LIMITED TO TAIL ROTOR (T/R) BLADES, T/R DRIVE SHAFT, AND TAIL BOOM DRILL HOLES. NO DAMAGE TO TAIL SKID, VERTICAL STABILIZER, LANDING SKIDS, AND OLEO STRUTS. TYPE OF DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH T/R STRIKE PRIOR TO A/C LANDING.                                                               THIS INCIDENT, NO. CE2001IGA0009, IS CLOSED.

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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