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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269C · Macomb Township, MI · May 2, 2003

Date: May 2, 2003 · 23:15 local
Place: Macomb Township, MI
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N103WP
Reported as: Hughes 269C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 470 total470 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

N103WPRegistration cancelled Aug 10, 2004 · Schweizer 269CS/N S1573 · Built 1991 Airframe modelSchweizer 269C Engine modelLycoming HIO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Helicopter was on approach to land at uiz, there was a loss of power. A auto-rotation and a hard landing was experienced. The helicopter was landed upright without hitting the tail boom with the main rotor blades. Damage was noticed to both cross beams at the landing skid attach area.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) HELICOPTER WAS ON APPROACH TO LAND AT UIZ, THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER. A AUTO-ROTATION AND A HARD LANDING WAS EXPERIENCED. THE HELICOPTER WAS LANDED UPRIGHT WITHOUT HITTING THE TAIL BOOM WITH THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES. DAMAGE WAS NOTICED TO BOTH CROSS BEAMS AT THE LANDING SKID ATTACH AREA.