# Accident 20110922022609A: Hughes 269C, Ramona, CA, September 22, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2011, 16:00 local time
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Airport: Ramona
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: DCQS
- Location: 33.1233° N, 116.9167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1233&lon=-116.9167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1088Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1088Y-2018-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 49 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA462](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA462) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110922022609A

## Narrative

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

DURING AUTO ROTATION LANDING FOR INSTRUCTION PILOT STATED THATE THE ENGINE QUIT CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO CRASH INTO A COW PASTURE

## 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 WPR11LA462](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA462), Sep 22, 2011: Hughes 269C (N1088Y), Ramona, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to follow the proper procedure while demonstrating a practice autorotation, which resulted in a total loss of engine power and subsequent hard landing.

## Other reports on N1088Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19890522027159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890522027159I), May 22, 1989: Hughes 269C (N1088Y), Carlsbad, CA, Minor damage. On practice autorotation the aircraft landed on back side of skids damaging main gear. Instructor re examined.

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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