# Accident 20060503014319A: Hughes 269B, Sullivan, OH, May 3, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2006, 19:00 local time
- Place: Sullivan, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0369° N, 82.2172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0369&lon=-82.2172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9471F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9471F-2015-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060503014319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS CRUISING ABOUT 600' WHEN HE FELT AND HEARD A LOUD "BANG" WHICH WAS LIKELY THE LEFT SIDE TAILBOOM BRACE BREAKING AT THE CLUSTER FITTING, WHICH RESULTED IN A SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING. PILOT HAD NO PEDAL CONTROL INITIATED AUTOROTATION AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT IN HIS FIELD, HELICOPTER HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. UPON IIC ARRIVAL NOTICED THAT THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVESHAFT WAS CUT IN HALF AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS SCORE MARKS ON THE TAILBOOMS FIRST BULKHEAD.

## 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 CHI06LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA124), May 3, 2006: Hughes 269B (N9471F), Sullivan, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fatigue failure of the fuselage-to-tail boom cluster fitting, and the secondary failure of the tail rotor drive shaft. An additional cause was the incomplete compliance with an applicable…

## Other reports on N9471F (2)

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

- [Accident 19840520018719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840520018719A), May 20, 1984: Hughes 269B (N9471F), Toulon, IL, Substantial damage. A feed sack blown into rotors at low altitude caused vibration. Helicopter nosed up and rolled on forced landing.
- [Accident 19750820027159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750820027159A), Aug 20, 1975: Hughes 269B (N9471F), Mumford, NY, Destroyed. Helo struck wires on tree-obscured poles drg swath run.

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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