# Incident 20060223002079I: Hughes 269C, Billings, MT, February 23, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2006, 11:30 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7833° N, 108.5007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7833&lon=-108.5007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N432MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N432MS-2018-03-08) (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 HIO360D1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 900 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060223002079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR STATES THAT DURING AN INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THE ENGINE SUDDENLY BECAME VERY ROUGH, THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL AND ENTERED AN AUTOROTATION PERFORMING A PARTIAL POWER RECOVERY TO A TOUCHDOWN. NO SUSTAINED INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N432MS (2)

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

- [Incident 20131110022889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131110022889I), Nov 10, 2013: Schweizer 269C (N432MS), Laurel, MT, Minor damage. On 11/10/2013 at 1530, instructor and student after flight lesson proceeded with initial ground hover instruction during which the student applies sudden aft…
- [Accident 20080624841529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080624841529A), Jun 24, 2008: Hughes 269C (N432MS), Buffalo, WY, Substantial damage. (-23)On a steep departure takeoff, aircraft lost rotor RPM because of a wind switch. Aircraft lost altitude and stuck vegetation.

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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