# NTSB investigations: Hughes 269A: Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical

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 DFW05LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA159.md): Hughes 269A · Rusk, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 15, 2005 · N8768F · Substantial damage
  > A loss of engine power for undermined reasons, and the subsequent collision with power lines and the ground. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
- [NTSB IAD00LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA052.md): Hughes 269A · Mansfield, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 16, 2000 · N9014N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to comply with published emergency procedures. A factor in the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in a take-off with the inadequate amount of fuel for the flight.
- [NTSB MIA93LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA061.md): Hughes 269A · Jacksonville, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 4, 1993 · N711CH · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot-in-command to monitor fuel quantity due to inattentiveness. Contributing to the accident was the improper use of the collective flight control during the soft field autorotation.
- [NTSB CHI91LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA048.md): Hughes 269A · Sellersburg, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 26, 1990 · N90270 · Substantial damage
  > A pilot induced loss of engine power by inadvertent deactivation of the fuel mixture control.
- [NTSB ATL86LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA053.md): Hughes 269A · Brewton, AL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 8, 1986 · N8866F · Substantial damage
  > During low level controlled burning of a small timber forest the helicopter lost power. A forced landing was attempted in a field and the helicopter was substantially damaged. The aircraft owner related that the aircraft ran out of fuel.
- [NTSB CHI85LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA352.md): Hughes 269A · Hector, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1985 · N8777F · Substantial damage
  > After liftoff from an open field, on a short local flight the helicopter experienced fuel exhaustion. During the auto rotation landing, in an open field the helicopter rolled on the side.
- [NTSB ATL83LA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA387.md): Hughes 269A · Moultrie, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 27, 1983 · N8751F · Substantial damage
  > The acft landed hard during an autorotational forced landing after engine stoppage. This was an aerial application flt in VMC weather. Reportedly the engine quit at 100 ft AGL over trees while the plt was trying to land to reload. After the power loss a hard…

## 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" = 353))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=4470402&occurrence=353

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