# NTSB investigations: Hughes 269C, 2005

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 DFW05CA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA168.md): Hughes 269C · Bruceville, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 23, 2005 · N7487F · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor's improper flare during autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing factor was, the lack of suitable terrain.
- [NTSB DEN05FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA080.md): Schweizer 269C · Pueblo, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 15, 2005 · N311CP · Destroyed
  > the flight instructor's failure to maintain control of the helicopter during the attempted autorotation after the loss of engine power for reasons undetermined. Contributing factors include the flight instructor's improper preflight planning, the high density…
- [NTSB DEN05CA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA052.md): Hughes 269C · Englewood, CO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 29, 2005 · N9688F · Substantial damage
  > the student pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter and the instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight. Contributing factors were low rotor rpm, low airspeed, and the instructor's delay in taking remedial action.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2005
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('4470504'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=4470504&year=2005

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