# Accident 20020909024639A: Hughes 369HS, Carnation, WA, September 9, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2002, 17:33 local time
- Place: Carnation, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6333° N, 121.9167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6333&lon=-121.9167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9263F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9263F-2020-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA02LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020909024639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PRACTICING THE SECOND POWER RECOVERY AUTOROTATION OF THE DAY, THE PILOT WAS SLOW IN ROLLING ON THROTTLE FOR THE POWER RECOVERY. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND HARD WITH A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE CAUSING THE MAIN ROTOR TO CONTACT THE TAIL BOOM.

## 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 SEA02LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA172), Sep 10, 2002: Hughes 500 (N9263F), Carnation, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed power application during a practice power recovery autorotation.

## Other reports on N9263F (1)

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

- [Incident 19801001072109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801001072109I), Oct 1, 1980: Hughes 369HS (N9263F), Charleston, WV, Minor damage. Minor skin damage to tail boom and lower vertical stabilizer from hard 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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