# Accident 20060504006779A: Hughes 269C, Kings Park, NY, May 4, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2006, 10:40 local time
- Place: Kings Park, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8572° N, 73.1744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8572&lon=-73.1744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38DM-2009-03-19) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060504006779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HPN, WHERE IT IS BASED, AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 AM AND PROCEEDED TO ISP ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. ON THE RETURN FLIGHT TO HPN AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET, A RAPID KNOCKING SOUND WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE INSTRUCTOR PROCEEDED TO AUTOROTATE TO A SOCCER/FOOTBALL FIELD ADJACENT TO KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL. THE TAIL BOOM STRUCK A CHAIN LINK FENCE AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE INSTRUCTOR RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT TEMPLE WHICH WAS TREATED AT STONY BROOK MEDICAL CENTER. THE STUDENT WAS UNINJURED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PERSONS ON THE GROUND. THE DAMAGE TO THE CHAIN LINK FENCE WAS THE ONLY DAMAGE TO PROPERTY ON THE GROUND.

## 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 NYC06LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA106), May 4, 2006: Schweizer 269C (N38DM), Kings Park, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of engine power due to the failure of the number 3 connecting rod bearing. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the emrgency landing.

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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