# Incident 20050930024989I: Hughes 269C1, San Jose, CA, September 30, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2005, 12:00 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NZDS
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2011A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2011A-2013-10-29) (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 HO360C1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 474 total, 351 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050930024989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE # THREE CYLINDER HEAD SEPARATED FROM THE BARREL OF THE CYLINDER ASSEMBLY DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N2011A (2)

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

- [Accident 20080704839749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080704839749A), Jul 4, 2008: Hughes 269C1 (N2011A), Livermore, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) The eye witness said the helicopter was flying "very low and very slow," along I-680 south bound so he was able to keep speed with it in his fire…
- [Incident 19990509026132I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990509026132I), May 9, 1999: Hughes 269C (N2011A), San Jose, CA. (-5) On Sunday, may 9, 199, at approximately 10:52 am, local time, a helicopter N2011A was cleared to air taxi to and cleared for take off from an area called…

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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