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Accident · Substantial damage
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FAA accident report · Hughes 269C · Hillsboro, OR · October 26, 2003

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Date
October 26, 2003 · 12:15 local
Place
Hillsboro, OR
Airport
Starks Twin Oaks Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7452F
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA04LA011
Reported as
Hughes 269C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,300 total1,400 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days
N7452FRegistered now · Hughes 269CS/N 760522Airframe modelHughes 269C

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What happened

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

(-23) During an instructional, while hover taxiing, the instructor initiated a hovering autorotation, on touchdown, the skids sank into the soft surface causing the helicopter to rock forward until the main rotor blades struck the ground. The aircraft pitched over forward to rest inverted. No injuries were sustained. The aircraft was substantially damaged.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL, WHILE HOVER TAXIING, THE INSTRUCTOR INITIATED A HOVERING AUTOROTATION, ON TOUCHDOWN, THE SKIDS SANK INTO THE SOFT SURFACE CAUSING THE HELICOPTER TO ROCK FORWARD UNTIL THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED OVER FORWARD TO REST INVERTED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB SEA04LA011Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHillsboro, ORThe pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for a practice auto rotation landing. A contributing factor was the soft terrain.Oct 26, 2003 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N7452F · 2

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

Incident 20230205001859IManeuver · Yakima, WAAircraft struck a wire during low flight over the naches river nw of Yakima, WA.Feb 5, 2023 · Minor damageIncident 19830917065879IOther Ground Ops · Sherwood, ORRunning engine for the purpose of balancing trail rotor. Left helicopter. Engine speeded up. Helicopter destroyed.Sep 17, 1983 · Substantial damage