# Accident 20080602835879A: Hughes 269C, Ogden, UT, June 2, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2008, 08:15 local time
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pinnacle Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3547° N, 112.0064° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3547&lon=-112.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1510A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1510A-2009-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C (registry code 8059502, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360-D1A (registry code 41893, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-d1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 260 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080602835879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING THE CONDUCT OF A 14 CFR PART 61 TRAINING FLIGHT THE CREW DECIDED TO PERFORM A PINNACLE/RIDGE APPROACH AND LANDING.  THEY CONDUCTED A HIGH AREA RECONNAISSANCE AND A 500 FT AGL OGE (OUT OF GROUND EFFECT POWER CHECK) AND IT APPEARED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT POWER AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE THE MANUEVER.  DURING THE DESCENT THE CFI BEGAN TO FEEL THE APPROACH ANGLE WAS GETTING TOO STEEP AND AT ABOUT THAT TIME HE WAS MAKING A DECISION TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND.  HOWEVER, AS HE DECIDED TO TAKE THAT ACTION HE NOTICED THE ENGINE AND ROTOR RPM WERE DECAYING AND BELOW OPERATING LIMITS.  HE DECIDED TO BASICALLY CRASH LAND AS BEST HE COULD.  EVENTUALLY, THE SKIDS CONTACTED THE TERRAIN AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ON THE LEFT SIDE.  THE CFI STATED HE HAD PREVIOUSLY LANDED AT THIS SITE SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE CFI THINKS HE JUST ACTED TOO LATE TO NOTICE THE ENGINE AND ROTOR RPM WERE DROOPING AND THAT BY THEN THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO REDUCE THE COLLECTIV AND ADD THROTTLE TO REGAIN NORMAL OPERATING RPM.

## 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 LAX08CA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA138), Jun 2, 2008: Schweizer 300C (N1510A), Ogden, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot under instruction's encounter with a settling with power condition, and the flight instructor's failure to maintain adequate rotor rpm during the subsequent go-around. Also causal was 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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