# Accident 20050614013739A: Hughes 269C, Pueblo, CO, June 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2005, 19:05 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo Memorial Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2869° N, 104.5008° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2869&lon=-104.5008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N311CP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N311CP-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-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*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 333 total, 134 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050614013739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 14, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1905 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A HUGHES 269C, N311CP, OPERATED BY SILVER STATE HELICOPTERS, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY WHILE LANDING AT PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT (PUB), PUEBLO, CO. A POST IMPACT FIRE ENSUED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE COMMERCIAL CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. ACCORDING TO PUEBLO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER, THE HELICOPTER HAD BEEN CONDUCTING MULTIPLE APPROACHES TO RUNWAY 8R AND HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR THE OPTION. ONE WITNESS STATED THAT THE HELICOPTER APPEARED TO BE IN A STEEPER APPROACH THAN THE PREVIOUS APPROACHES. THE HELICOPTER IMPACTED THE RUNWAY HARD, SPLITTING BOTH LANDING SKIDS OUT LATERALLY. IT ROLLED OVER ON IT'S LEFT SIDE AND CAUGHT FIRE. ALL THREE ROTOR BLADES WERE BENT, THE TAIL BOOM SEPARATED AT THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT, AND THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES WERE FRAGMENTED. THE FUSELAGE WAS CRUSHED AND WRINKLED AND THE PLEXIGLAS BUBBLE FRAGMENTED.

## 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 DEN05FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA080), Jun 15, 2005: Schweizer 269C (N311CP), Pueblo, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: the flight instructor's failure to maintain control of the helicopter during the attempted autorotation after the loss of engine power for reasons undetermined. Contributing factors include the…

## Other reports on N311CP (1)

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

- [Incident 19980922038759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980922038759I), Sep 22, 1998: Hughes 269C (N311CP), England, AR, Minor damage. (-5) During a run-on landing the pilot abruptly applied excessive aft cyclic and the vertical stablizer contacted the ground.

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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