# Accident 20050731024199A: Hughes 269C1, Mount Holly, NJ, July 31, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2005, 10:40 local time
- Place: Mount Holly, NJ
- Airport: South Jersey Reg Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9428° N, 74.8456° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9428&lon=-74.8456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N399HF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N399HF-2006-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C-1 (registry code 8059504, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HO-360 series (registry code 41513, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ho-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C1
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,340 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050731024199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 31, 2005, AT 10:40 AM, A HU-269C-1, N399HF, S/N 0176, OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 VFR FLIGHT RULES, STRUCK THE GROUND IN A FIELD APPROX. 1/4 TO 1/2 MILES OFF OF SOUTH JERSEY REGIONAL AIRPORT (VAY). A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AND A STUDENT PILOT, WERE PRACTICING FORCED LANDINGS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE TAIL OF THE HELICOPTER IMPACTED THE GROUND FIRST, AND THEN THE HELICOPTER'S SKIDS IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE HELICOPTER THEN ROLLED ON ITS LEFT SIDE, AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE CFI AND STUDENT PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 IAD05LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA112), Jul 31, 2005: Schweizer 269C (N399HF), Mount Holly, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's delayed remedial action. A factor was the flight instructor's failure to ensure that both pilots knew who was performing the maneuver.

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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