# Accident 20090530016499A: Hughes 369A, Baltimore, OH, May 30, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2009, 17:15 local time
- Place: Baltimore, OH
- Airport: Industry Air Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8464° N, 82.6075° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8464&lon=-82.6075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N298SD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N298SD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369A (registry code 4470503, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C10D (registry code 03035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c10d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,180 total, 370 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA332) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090530016499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A PRACTICE 180 DEGREE AUTOROTATION TO A POWER-OFF TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT OVERSHOT THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE TO THE 2500 FOOT MOWN GRASS PRIVATE RUNWAY.  DESPITE THE OVERSHOOT, THE COMMERCIALLY RATED CFI PILOT-IN-COMMAND ELECTED TO COMPLETE THE MANEUVER, LANDING INSTEAD IN AN AREA OF ROUGH CUT GRASS SIX TO EIGHT INCHES HIGH TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT STRAIGHTENED OUT THE HELICOPTER AND TOUCHED DOWN LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED IN A RUN-ON LANDING.  THE LEFT SKID CONTACTED A RUT AND YAWED NOSE LEFT, RESULTING IN A DYNAMIC ROLLOVER OF THE AIRCRAFT ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE.  INSPECTION OF THE AREA REVEALED ROUGH EARTH AT THE TOUCHDOWN POINT, INCLUDING HARDENED RUTS THAT THERE LIKELY THE RESULT OF A TRACTOR OPERATING IN THE AREA WHEN THE GROUND WAS SOFT.  THE MAIN AND TAIL ROTORS, AS WELL AS THE TAILBOOM, WERE DESTROYED.  ADDITION EXTENSIVE VISIBLE DAMAGE INCLUDES; THE UPPER FUSELAGE AREA, MAST HEAD, LOWER ENGINE EXHAUST COWL, RIGHT SIDE FUSELAGE SKIN, AND RIGHT HAND SKID.  THERE WAS NO POST-IMPACT FIRE.  THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER, ALSO A COMMERCIAL RATED ROTORCRAFT EXHAUST COWL, RIGHT SIDE FUSELAGE SKIN, AND RIGHT HAND SKID,  THERE WAS NO POST-IMPACT FIRE.  THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER, ALSO A COMMERCIALLY RATED ROTORCRAFT PILOT, WERE UNINJURED.  ALTHOUGH THE PIC IS A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN ROTORCRAFT - HELICOPTERS, THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL EVENT.

## 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 CEN09CA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA332), May 30, 2009: Hughes 369A (N298SD), Baltimore, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point, and his decision not to perform a go-around.

## Other reports on N298SD (1)

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

- [Accident 20160408008779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160408008779A), Apr 8, 2016: Hughes 369A (N298SD), Weatherford, TX, Substantial damage. The pilot stated that he locked the tail rotor peddles on the left side when he hooked up the battery following maintenance. He forgot to unhook the peddles.…

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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