# Accident 20080321835789A: Hughes 269A, Ashland, KY, March 21, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2008, 11:21 local time
- Place: Ashland, KY
- Airport: Ashland Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5942° N, 82.7603° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5942&lon=-82.7603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9333V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9333V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269A (registry code 4470402, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HO-360 series (registry code 41513, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ho-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360B1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 275 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080321835789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FRIDAY MARCH 21, 2008 AT APPROX 9:00 AM EDT, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH AIRPORT (PHD) EN ROUTE TO ASHLAND, KY DWU.  AFTER 1 HOUR AND 50 MINUTES ON THE FUEL BURN CHRONOGRAPH, AND 3 MILES FROM ASHLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT (DWU), WHILE DESCENDING THROUGH 1200 FEET MSL, THE ENGINE QUIT AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING AUTO ROTATION TO A HILL TOP IN THE AREA.  THE FORCED LANDING WAS LATER CONFIRMED TO BE FUEL STARVATION.  WITH AN AVERAGE FUEL BURN FOR THIS LEG OF THE FLIGHT TO BE 13.6 GPH WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE POH'S 8 GPH.  AN INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED IN COOPERATION WITH NTSB ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## 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 CHI08CA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA097), Mar 21, 2008: Hughes 269A (N9333V), Franklin Furnac, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fuel exhaustion during cruise flight and the unsuitable terrain encountered by the pilot-in-command. A contributing factor was the trees.

## Other reports on N9333V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19730521011879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730521011879A), May 21, 1973: Hughes 269A (N9333V), Broomfield, CO, Substantial damage. Practice autorotative ldg. M/r severed tail boom

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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