# Accident 20040613011509A: Hughes 269C, Denver, CO, June 13, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2004, 14:30 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5700° N, 104.8500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5700&lon=-104.8500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2062N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2062N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C (registry code 8059502, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 139 total, 92 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04CA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040613011509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT OF N2062N ORIGINATED AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT (BJC) WITH MR. LARRY J. FELTON AS PILOT IN COMMAND. THE AIRCRAFT MADE NORMAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17R AT THE CENTENNIAL AIRPORT (APA). DURING FINAL SEGMENT OF THE APPROACH THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED HIGH SINK RATE WITH MAXIMUM POWER. THE PILOT PULLED COLLECTIVE TO CUSHION LANDING AND LANDED HARD STRIKING THE RUNWAY AND SLIDING A COUPLE OF FEET. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AFTER LANDING EVERYTHING FELT OKAY. MR. FELTON DID NOT GET OUT TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE HARD LANDING. MR. FELTON FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO BJC AND CONDUCTED A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION BUT DID NOT DETECT ANY DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FLOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA O^ AT 2100 MDT ON 6/13/04, ON A SOLO NIGHT FLIGHT. ^PRIVACY ^ DID NOT DETECT ANY DAMAGE DURING PREFLIGHT OR POSTFLIGHT. ON 6/14/04, INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA ^ DISCOVERED THE DAMAGE DURING HIS MORNING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION. THIS DAMAGE INCLUDED DAMAGE TO THE AFT CROSS TUBE, FORWARD CROSS TUBE AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT TAIL BOOM SUPPORT STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED AND REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE FAA WAS NOTIFIED ON 6/18/04, REGARDING THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 DEN04CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04CA092), Jun 13, 2004: Schweizer 269C (N2062N), Englewood, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the settling with power situation encountered by the pilot. Contributing to the accident was the high density altitude.

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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