# Accident 20050129001539A: Hughes 269C, Denver, CO, January 29, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2005, 11:45 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5700° N, 104.8492° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5700&lon=-104.8492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9688F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9688F-2013-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 725 total, 180 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05CA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050129001539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1845 UTC, N9688F, A HUGHES HELICOPTER MODEL 269C IMPACTED THE GROUND DURING AUTOROTATION TRAINING AT CENTENNIAL AIRPORT, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO. THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED. THE HELICOPTER WAS DESTROYED. THE FAR 91 TRAINING FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CENTENNIAL AIRPORT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THE MANEUVER BEGAN AT THE SOUTH END OF THE AIRPORT AT THE COMPASS ROSE, 600 FT. ABOVE ACTUAL GROUND LEVEL WITH THE STUDENT AT THE CONTROLS. APPROXIMATELY TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE DESCENT, THE AIRSPEED HAD DROPPED TO 40 KNOTS WITH A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL AND PREPARED FOR A RUN ON LANDING. THE HELICOPTER TOUCHED DOWN, SKIDDED, THE RIGHT SKID COLLAPSED, THE MAIN ROTOR CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE HELICOPTER CAME TO REST.

## 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 DEN05CA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA052), Jan 29, 2005: Hughes 269C (N9688F), Englewood, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter and the instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight. Contributing factors were low rotor rpm, low airspeed, and the…

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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