# Accident 20050519009709A: Hughes 269C, Pueblo, CO, May 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2005, 09:20 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2892° N, 104.4964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2892&lon=-104.4964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N958CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N958CP) (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
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 313 total, 114 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05CA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050519009709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) TRAINING FLT IN TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RW 26L @KPUB. 1ST THREE PATTERNS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY W/NORMAL APPROACH ON FIRST, AND STEEP APPROACH ON NEXT TWO. 4TH PATTERN WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL END OF STEEP APPROACH. AT ABOUT 10' AGL THE HELO BEGAN LOSING RPM. INCREASED THROTTLE DID NOT HELP SO COLLECTIVE PARTIALLY LOWERED TO REGAIN RPM. HELO THEN SETTLED TO A HARD LANDING ON HEADING 260 AND UPON IMPACT WITH GROUND, SPUN TO FINAL HEADING OF 180. WHEN BLADES STOPPED TURNING BOTH SOULS EXITED HELO UNHARMED. FRAME OF CRAFT WAS APPRECIABLY BENT, TO REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. TRANSMISSION BROKE AND UNCOUPLED ENGINE, BOOM DEPARTED CRAFT.

## 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 DEN05CA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA079), May 19, 2005: Schweizer 269C (N958CP), Pueblo, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter during the landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student pilot.

## Other reports on N958CP (2)

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

- [Incident 20110313003809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110313003809I), Mar 13, 2011: Schweizer 269C (N958CP), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. The tail rotor transmission driven spline retaining nut lost its torque and backed out, causing the tail rotor drive shaft to move forward until the forward…
- [Accident 20080229011589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080229011589A), Feb 29, 2008: Hughes 269C (N958CP), Mount Charlest, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) Helicopter, N958CP, owned by [privacy data omitted] and operated for instruction CFR 14 part 61 crashed doing pinnacle landings on the west side of 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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