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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269C-1 · Titusville, FL · February 22, 2008

Date
February 22, 2008 · 10:30 local
Place
Titusville, FL
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
HIAS
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N1658X
Reported as
Hughes 269C1
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360G1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total300 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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) Pilot/instructor explained that during a practice exercise with student at control, engine failed and pilot/instructor took over control and landed without incident. Tried multiple times to restart engine with no success. Helicopter was transported to maintenance facility via truck & trailer after rotor blades were removed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT/INSTRUCTOR EXPLAINED THAT DURING A PRACTICE EXERCISE WITH STUDENT AT CONTROL, ENGINE FAILED AND PILOT/INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER CONTROL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO RESTART ENGINE WITH NO SUCCESS. HELICOPTER WAS TRANSPORTED TO MAINTENANCE FACILITY VIA TRUCK & TRAILER AFTER ROTOR BLADES WERE REMOVED.