# Accident 20060512008459A: Hughes 269C, Lees Summit, MO, May 12, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2006, 15:25 local time
- Place: Lees Summit, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9556° N, 94.3714° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9556&lon=-94.3714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7506L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7506L-2008-10-07) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 550 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060512008459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE CFI, HIS INSTRUCTOR STUDENT ENTERED AUTOROTATION WITH INTENTION OF TOUCHING DOWN ON CFI'S PRIVATE PROPERTY. IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THEY WOULD NOT CLEAR A TREE LINE AND REACH THE LANDING AREA DUE TO STRONG WINDS, SO THE CFI ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER WITH POWER. HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO OVERCOME HIS STUDENT'S GRIP ON THE THROTTLE. THE CFI APPLIED SOME COLLECTIVE TO EXTEND THE GLIDE AND CLEAR THE TREE LINE; HOWEVER, THERE WAS LITTLE ENERGY REMAINING IN THE MAIN ROTOR SYSTEM, AND THE HELICOPTER FIRMLY CONTACTED THE GROUND, BOUNCED FORWARD, THE MAIN ROTORS DROOPED AND STRUCK THE TAIL BOOM, AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE.

## 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 CHI06CA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA131), May 12, 2006: Schweizer 269C (N7506L), Lees Summit, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's delay in taking remedial action which led to the hard landing during the practice autorotation. The misjudged glide path, the dual student restricting the throttle control,…

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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