20080115000609I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269C · Carlsbad, CA · January 15, 2008

Date: January 15, 2008 · 14:55 local
Place: Carlsbad, CA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N7507U
Reported as: Hughes 269C
Reported engine: Lycoming HIO360*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 459 total150 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N7507URegistered now · Schweizer 269CS/N S1393 · Built 1989 Airframe modelSchweizer 269C Engine modelLycoming HIO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) 1) Helicopter departed palomar airport (crq) for a training flight to oceanside airport (ocn). On return flight back to crq, emergency low level light illuminated and the helicopter made a landing on the beach. The instructor called the home base, a fuel truck was dispatched to the scene. 10 gallons of fuel were put in the helicopter and the instructor and pilot returned back to crq.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) 1) HELICOPTER DEPARTED PALOMAR AIRPORT (CRQ) FOR A TRAINING FLIGHT TO OCEANSIDE AIRPORT (OCN). ON RETURN FLIGHT BACK TO CRQ, EMERGENCY LOW LEVEL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE HELICOPTER MADE A LANDING ON THE BEACH. THE INSTRUCTOR CALLED THE HOME BASE, A FUEL TRUCK WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE. 10 GALLONS OF FUEL WERE PUT IN THE HELICOPTER AND THE INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT RETURNED BACK TO CRQ.