# Incident 20081106854419I: Hughes 269C1, Titusville, FL, November 6, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2008, 01:35 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Coast Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5148° N, 80.7992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPACE COAST RGNL (TIX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5148&lon=-80.7992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1713S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1713S-2020-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C-1 (registry code 8059504, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C1
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 400 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081106854419I

## Narrative

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

ON 11-06-2008 AT APPROXIMITLY 0135 ZULU, WHILE OPERATING AT NIGHT VFR, N1713S, SWITZER 300, LOST POWER AND LANDED ON A CITY STREET IN TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA, 2 ONBOARB, NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION ON 11-10-2008, AND DETERMINED THAT A THROTTLE LINKAGE AT FAILED, LEAVING THE ENGINE TO OPERATE AT AN INTERMEDIATE POWER SETTING.  THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT RATHER ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE TITUSVILLE AIRPORT (TIX), HE WOULD HAVE A CONTROLLED LANDING ON THE STREET BELOW.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNDAMAGED AND THE CREW UNHARMED.

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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