# Accident 20060616015189A: Hughes 269C, Grand Forks, ND, June 16, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2006, 19:30 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Grand Forks-Mark Andrews International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9500° N, 97.1833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9500&lon=-97.1833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1675U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1675U-2020-12-05) (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: 6,831 total, 135 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060616015189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 6/16/2006 AT 1930 CDT, A HU-300-C, N1675U, OWNED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DAT^ AS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE BY STRIKING THE TAIL ROTOR WHILE MANEUVERING DURING A 180 DEGREE AUTO ROTATION-TERMINATE WITH POWER AT GRAND FORKS INT'L AIRPORT. NEITHER THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT WERE INJURED. THE HELICOPTER RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE TAIL ROTOR, DRIVE SHAFT, TAIL BOOM HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, VERTICAL STABILIZER, STINGER.

## 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 CHI06CA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA168), Jun 17, 2006: Schweizer 269C (N1675U), Grand Forks, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The dual student's failure to maintain rotor speed during the recovery from the intentional autorotation and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action. Contributing factors were the flight…

## Other reports on N1675U (1)

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

- [Accident 20140922017309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140922017309A), Sep 22, 2014: Schweizer 269C (N1675U), Grand Forks, ND, Substantial damage. Weather was VMC with light to moderate headwinds for the runway. The flight was an instruction flight to prepare a commercial pilot for an additional flight…

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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