# Accident 20061011023409A: Hughes 369A, Key Largo, FL, October 11, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2006, 11:30 local time
- Place: Key Largo, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.3189° N, 80.2714° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.3189&lon=-80.2714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N810SB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369A
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C10D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,306 total, 23 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061011023409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 11, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM AIRCRAFT, A HELICOPTER N810SB, S/N 580468 CRASHED IN SEA WATER OF OCEAN REEF CLUB AIRPORT (07FA). THAT MORNING APPROXIMATELY 10:45 AM AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BURR'S STRIP WITH PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT THE CONTROLS. AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 AM AIRCRAFT LANDED AT 07FA TO PICK UP ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  , THE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR AERIAL PHOTOS OF THE OCEAN REEF AREA. AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM THE AIRCRAFT WAS HOVERING OVER THE WATER AT 200-300FT ACCORDING TO THE PILOT (ACCORDING TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS AT 150FT) WITH GOOD POWER (60 PSI, 670 TEMP). AT THAT TIME THE AIRCRAFT STARTED AN UNCONTROLLED TURN TO THE RIGHT ACCORDING TO THE PILOT AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO RECOVER AND ENDED UP IN 6 FT OF SEA WATER. BOTH PIC AND PHOTOGRAPHER SWAM TO SHORE AND WERE NOT INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 MIA07CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA004), Oct 11, 2006: Hughes OH-6A (N810SB), Key Largo, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a loss of tail rotor effectiveness during hover in a crosswind wind.

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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