- Date
- March 16, 1991, 17:16 local (23:16 UTC)
- Place
- Addison, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N62269Hughes 269A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910316005459A
- Case key
- 23310
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
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
The pilot stated as he was about to set the aircraft down from a hover he encountered a strong gust of wind and the aircraft began to spin to the right. He was unable to arrest the spin with full left pedal. The aircraft was spinning toward a hangar and a fence and the pilot applied collective to clear the obstacles. The pilot was subsequently able to stop the spin by reducing collective, however, as the aircraft started to descend it struck a tree and the ground and rolled over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62269
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 16-0449
- Airframe hours
- 7,260
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-BIA, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Potter, Richard J., Jr., doing business as Skylight Helicopters
- Registered owner
- Hammer, Royce L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1991 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- CRS · Corsicana, TX
- Airport
- ADS · Addison
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,670 total · 17 in this make and model · 1,544 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N62269 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.