- Date
- October 26, 1986, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Danville, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9372FHughes 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861026056929A
- Case key
- 7342
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustion
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Forced landing
Hard landing
Autorotation - misjudgedFactor
Rotor rpm - not maintainedFactor
Analysis
During a local pleasure flight to film the color change of autumn leaves, the low fuel warning light illuminated. Aprx 2 minutes later the engine lost power and the pilot executed an emergency landing in a field. The helicopter lost main rotor RPM prior to touchdown, landed hard and rolled over resulting in substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9372F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B (269-B)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 87
- Airframe hours
- 2,062
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles E.Woodward
- Registered owner
- Charles E. Woodward
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 31, 1985 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- Nicholasville, KY
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 179 total · 81 in this make and model · 81 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LEX, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.