# Accident 20250821017069A: Hughes 269C, Fallsburg, NY, August 21, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2025, 16:55 local time
- Place: Fallsburg, NY
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DLHJ
- Location: 41.7390° N, 74.6139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fallsburg, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7390&lon=-74.6139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9623F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9623F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250821017069A

## Narrative

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

AFTER DEBOARDING PASSENGER UPON LANDING WHILE CONDUCTING OPERATIONS UNDER 91.147. PILOT WAS "GUARDING CONTROLS" WITH THE ROTORCRAFT AT IDLE WHILE THE OTHER CREW MEMBER WAS INSTALLING SECOND SET OF FLIGHT CONTROLS AND AIRCRAFT DOORS AN INDIVIDUAL APPROACHED THE ROTORCRAFT, ENTERING UNDER THE IDLING ROTOR, HANDED PAPERWORK TO THE CREW. INDIVIDUAL WAS EXITING THE AREA OF THE ROTOR SYSTEM AND WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY A ROTOR BLADE. PILOT AT THE CONTROLS THEN CONDUCTED AND IMMEDIATE SHUT DOWN OF THE ROTORCRAFT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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