# Incident 20080115000609I: Hughes 269C, Carlsbad, CA, January 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2008, 14:55 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1581° N, 117.3506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carlsbad, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1581&lon=-117.3506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7507U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7507U) (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
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 459 total, 150 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080115000609I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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