# NTSB investigations: Hughes 269A: 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 ATL04LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA034.md): Hughes 269A · Birmingham, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 7, 2003 · N1015T · Substantial damage
  > The certified flight instructor's inadequate aircraft control and his improper landing flare resulting in a hard landing and roll over.
- [NTSB ATL02LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA141.md): Hughes HU-269-A · Hamilton, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 2002 · N911LH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper use of flight controls that resulted in an improper flare and a hard landing during a practice autorotation. A factor was the loss of rotor rpm.
- [NTSB LAX01LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA219.md): Hughes 269A · Paso Robles, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 25, 2001 · N8724F · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain rotor rpm during a practice autorotational landing, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB SEA98LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA063.md): Hughes 269A · Emmett, ID · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 10, 1998 · N5161E · Destroyed
  > The instructor pilot's failure to maintain the proper rate of descent on landing. Factors were a sudden wind shift, the instructor pilot's lack of recent experience, and terrain drop-off.
- [NTSB CHI97LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA118.md): Hughes 269A · Council Bluffs, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 27, 1997 · N1040S · Substantial damage
  > failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control, inadequate supervision by the flight instructor (CFI), and subsequent failure of the pilot(s) to properly flare the helicopter during a hover autorotation.
- [NTSB NYC96LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA086.md): Hughes 269A · Linden, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 19, 1996 · N8084E · Destroyed
  > improper flare by the pilot, and his failure to take proper corrective action after the helicopter touched down hard and entered ground resonance.
- [NTSB ATL89LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA145.md): Hughes 269A · Ozark, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 11, 1989 · N9049J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's excessive use of the cyclic control and the misjudged flare during a practice touchdown autorotation.
- [NTSB NYC88LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA226.md): Hughes 269A · Pittstown, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 21, 1988 · N7028V · Substantial damage
  > The CFI was demonstrating a departure autorotation to a prospective student. A high rate of descent with low airspeed and low rotor RPM developed and the CFI attempted a power recovery with no results. The acft touched down hard, the skids collapsed and the…
- [NTSB ATL87LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA256.md): Hughes 269A · Morristown, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 11, 1987 · N8709F · Substantial damage
  > One CFI was demonstrating his procedures for autorotations with power recovery to his employer who was also a CFI. This was to insure standardization within the helicopter pilot school. The autorotation was entered from about 700 feet AGL to the departure…
- [NTSB CHI86LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA124.md): Hughes 269A · Lowell, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 12, 1986 · N8059H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot had just completed two autorotations when he landed hard on the third. The main rotor flexed down severing the tailboom and tailrotor. Although the pilot had logged over 6000 hours flight time, he had only 51 hours total rotorcraft time. He had…
- [NTSB LAX84LA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA260.md): Hughes 269 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 17, 1984 · N8773F · Substantial damage
  > The acft landed hard during an autorotation demonstration by a CFI. During landing the rotor blades severed the tail andthe acft went into ground resonance. The CFI said he thought the acft lost transitional lift. He recommended not practicing autorotations…

## 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 ('4470402')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 200))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=4470402&occurrence=200

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