# Incident 20040202002579I: Hughes OH6A, Yuma, AZ, February 2, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2004, 09:00 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7253° N, 114.6244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yuma, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7253&lon=-114.6244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5473X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5473X-2008-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes OH-6A (registry code 4470905, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-oh-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES OH6A
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 5,100 in this make and model, 194 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040202002579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON RETURNING TO "JMAR" THE YUMA STATION, THE PILOT WAS FLYING NORMALLY @ 500' (AGL) THEN FLARED TO A HOVER @ 50' (AGL). A LOUD "HUMMING" NOISE COULD BE HEARD AS REPORTED BY THE PILOT, THEN A LOUD "BANG". THE PILOT AUTO-ROTATED AS BEST HE COULD WHICH RESULTED IN A NON-EVENTFUL LANDING OTHER THAN THE HI-SPEED SHAFT PUNCTURING THE FIREWALL. THE (LONE) PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND THERE WAS NO POST-EVENT FIRE.

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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