# Incident 20140126000369I: Hughes 269C, Cullman, AL, January 26, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2014, 10:45 local time
- Place: Cullman, AL
- Airport: Folsom
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1769° N, 86.8407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cullman, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1769&lon=-86.8407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9658F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9658F) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 685 total, 115 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140126000369I

## Narrative

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

MINOR DAMAGE TO BLADE TIP CAPS, AND 3 INCH SCRAPE APPROXIMATELY 1/16 INCH DEEP ON UPPER LEFT TAILBOOM JUST FORWARD OF TAILROTOR ARC.

ACCORDING TO DPE IN THE LEFT (PILOT)SEAT, WHO HAD JUST COMPLETED CFI INITIAL PRACTICAL TEST, DURING THE COOLDOWN PERIOD AFTER LANDING, PILOT REACHED FOR MAP CASE ON LEFT SIDE OF COCKPIT FROM THE RIGHT SEAT. WHEN HE (PILOT) STRAIGHTENED UP, HE MAY HAVE INTRODUCED AN ABRUPT AFT CYCLIC CONTROL WHILE RIGHTING HIMSELF. SURFACE WINDS WERE GUSTING AT THE TIME. A COMBINATION OF ABRUPT CYCLIC MOVEMENT, LOW ROTOR RPM, AND GUSTING WIND MAY HAVE CAUSED THE MAIN ROTOR TO CONTACT THE TAILBOOM. NEITHER PILOT RECALLS ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY DURING THE COURSE OF THE FLIGHT. THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE SKIDS, TUBES, BELLY, OR FUSELAGE STRUCTURE TO INDICATE A HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N9658F (1)

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

- [Accident 20160701011079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160701011079A), Jul 1, 2016: Hughes 269C (N9658F), Cullman, AL, Substantial damage. While in the flare at the completion of a practice autorotation the tail rotor contacted the ground. This produced a rapid rotation of the helicopter. 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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