# Accident 20061230025989A: Hughes 269C, Mineral Wells, TX, December 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2006, 12:30 local time
- Place: Mineral Wells, TX
- Airport: Mineral Wells Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7814° N, 98.0603° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7814&lon=-98.0603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9655F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9655F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07CA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061230025989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/30/06, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS HOVERING N9655F APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET ABOVE THE RAMP AT THE MINERAL WELLS AIRPORT. HE INSERTED LEFT RUDDER TO MOVE THE HELICOPTER FROM THE HANGAR, AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED SPINNING TO THE RIGHT AND THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ LOST CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER AND IT CRASHED ON THE RIGHT SKID WITH THE ROTOR BLADES STRIKING THE GROUND. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ROTOR BLADES AND THE SKIDS OF THE HELICOPTER.

## 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 DFW07CA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA050), Dec 30, 2006: Hughes 269C (N9655F), Mineral Wells, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of control as result of loss of tail rotor effectiveness.

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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