20060418006289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 269C · Denton, TX · April 18, 2006

Date
April 18, 2006 · 11:11 local
Place
Denton, TX
Airport
Denton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
L62A
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N209LH
NTSB investigation
NTSBDFW06LA108
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total500 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On April 18, 2006, at approximately 1111 LCL, a Schweizer 269-C helicopter, N209LH, sustained substantial damage after impacting the ground approximately two miles west of the Denton Municipal Airport (kdto), Denton, TX. The flight instructor privacy data omitted and his student were performing practice power-off 180 degree autorotations at the time of the accident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 18, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1111 LCL, A SCHWEIZER 269-C HELICOPTER, N209LH, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER IMPACTING THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES WEST OF THE DENTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KDTO), DENTON, TX. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HIS STUDENT WERE PERFORMING PRACTICE POWER-OFF 180 DEGREE AUTOROTATIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.