# NTSB investigations: Hughes 269C: Hard landing

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ERA27LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA27LA013.md): Hughes 269C · Gastonia, NC · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Oct 15, 2026 · N9655F · Substantial damage
  > On October 15, 2026 at 1330 eastern daylight time, a Hughes 269C, N9655F, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Gastonia, North Carolina. The pilot was not injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal…
- [NTSB GAA16CA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA363.md): Hughes 269C · Cullman, AL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 1, 2016 · N9658F · Substantial damage
  > The helicopter flight instructor candidate's improper execution of the autorotation, resulting in abnormal ground contact and subsequent damage to the vertical stabilizer and tail rotor drive assembly.
- [NTSB CEN12LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA181.md): Sikorsky 269C · Staples, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 5, 2012 · N1099N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to attain the proper descent rate during autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident were the inflight vibrations and loss of torque pedal response for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB WPR11LA462](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA462.md): Hughes 269C · Ramona, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 22, 2011 · N1088Y · Substantial damage
  > 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.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('4470504')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '092' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence?model=4470504

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