# Accident 20080529837989A: Hughes 269C1, Reno, NV, May 29, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2008, 11:00 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Stead
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7567° N, 119.7831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7567&lon=-119.7831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2024Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2024Z-2013-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C-1 (registry code 8059504, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HO-360 series (registry code 41513, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ho-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C1
- Reported engine: LYC HO360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 520 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080529837989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT IN COMMAND WAS CONDUCTING MOUNTAIN HELICOPTER FLYING WITH A STUDENT. WHILE CLIMBING UP A SLOPE AT APPROXIMATELY 5200 FEET MSL, HE ALLOWED THE HELICOPTER TO SLOW TO A SPEED WHERE THE POWER REQUIRED EXCEEDED THE POWER AVAILABLE. THE PIC THEN TRIED TO TURN THE HELICOPTER TO THE LEFT TO FLY DOWN THE MOUNTAIN SIDE BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND RECOGNIZED THIS. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE HELICOPTER ONTO THE TERRAIN BUT DUE TO THE ROUGHNESS, THE HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER.

## 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 SEA08CA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA144), May 29, 2008: Schweizer 269C-1 (N2024Z), Reno, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain translational lift airspeed while approaching the pinnacle and the certificated flight instructor's delayed remedial action and inadequate supervision of the…

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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