# Accident 20031115035929A: Hughes OH6A, Brooksville, FL, November 15, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2003, 15:02 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Airport: Hernando County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4733° N, 82.4553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4733&lon=-82.4553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369PS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES OH6A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031115035929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 115, 2003, AT 1502 EST, A HUGHES OH-6A, N369PS, REGISTERED TO FL HELICOPTERS, INC., HAD A HARD LANDING DURING AN AUTOROTATION FOLLOWING AN ENGINE FAILURE AT THE HERNANDO COUNTY AIRPORT, (BKV), BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM (BVK) AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 EST ON SAME DAY.

## 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 MIA04LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA022), Nov 15, 2003: Hughes OH-6A (N369PS), Brooksville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the pilot's failure to adequately plan for the flight which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a forced landing, and damage to the helicopter during the 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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