- Date
- February 24, 1990, 09:08 local (15:08 UTC)
- Place
- Houma, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7504AHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900224002809A
- Case key
- 23109
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an unknown reason.
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.
Analysis
During a supervised instructional solo flight, the pilot initiated a go-around at 150 feet AGL and 60 knots. He reported that as he applied up collective, the engine and main rotor RPM fluctuated. The pilot entered an autorotation, but during the landing, the helicopter struck the terrain and rolled over. Engine disassembly and analysis revealed no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7504A
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- S1195
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Count Louie Ltd
- Airport
- HUM · Houma, runway 18, 5,000 × 200 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 11,863 total · 29 in this make and model · 11,342 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Observed at
- HUM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.