# Accident 20010908025489A: Hughes 269C, Lubbock, TX, September 8, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2001, 13:30 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: S8PG
- Location: 33.5250° N, 101.7833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5250&lon=-101.7833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7472F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7472F-2014-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010908025489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HAD JUST STARTED THE FIRST SPRAY PASS IN THIS FIELD, HE HAD FLOWN SEVERAL FLIGHTS EARLIER IN THE DAY. HE WAS ABOUT 800 FEET INTO THE FIELD WHEN HE SAW AND FELT HOT SMOKE COMING INTO THE HELICOPTER COCKPIT FROM THE RIGHT SIDE. HE WAS FLYING WITH THE DOORS REMOVED, AT 8 FEET AND 50 KNOTS OF AIRSPEED WITH A QUARTERING RIGHT TAILWIND. HE STARTED TO SLOW THE HELICOPTER AND DESCEND TO THE COTTON FIELD. HE STATED THAT HE HAD NO POWER TO CUSHION THE LANDING AND SLID STRAIGHT AHEAD. WITNESSES SAW FIRE AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE ENGINE AREA. SOOT, SMOKE AND SOME HEAT DAMAGE IS EVIDENT ON THE ENGINE AND AROUND THE ENGINE ACCESSORIES, BUT THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS NOT FUEL OR OIL FROM THE ENGINE. WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THE MALITHION BEING APPLIED TO THE COTTON FIELD IGNITED.

## 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 FTW01LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA205), Sep 8, 2001: Hughes 269-C (N7472F), Lubbock, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of engine power while maneuvering for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was a malfunction of the spray system.

## Other reports on N7472F (2)

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

- [Accident 19790612012309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790612012309A), Jun 12, 1979: Hughes 269C (N7472F), Eckley, CO, Substantial damage. Helecopter crashed during emerg landing attempt,caused by engine failure .
- [Incident 19780810049299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780810049299I), Aug 10, 1978: Hughes 269C (N7472F), Wiggins, CO, Minor damage. Helicopter struck powerlines.

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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