# NTSB LAX89LA007: Hughes 269C, N1090Z, Fontana, CA, October 4, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 3, 1988, 18:30 local (Oct 4, 1988, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Fontana, CA
- Coordinates: 34.140491, -117.450302 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1405&lon=-117.4503&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26266
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX89LA007
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26266/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA007

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing
  - run on landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING A RUN-ON LANDING FOR HIS PASSENGER WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ALLOWED THE TAIL OF THE HELICOPTER TO GET TOO LOW AND IT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES REPORTED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1090Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1090Z-1994-12-01), registration cancelled 1994-12-01, S/N 300896 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Registry model: [Hughes 269C](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (registry code 4470504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 300896
- Airframe hours: 4592
- Engines: LYCOMING HIO-360-D1A 190 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Gatx Leasing Corp.
- Registered owner: Western Helicopters
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 30, 1988, 90 hours before
- Departed: L67, RIALTO, CA
- Airport: Gillfilan Field, runway 27, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 782 total, 92 in this make and model, 546 as pilot in command, 127 in the last 90 days, 27 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881003044239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881003044239A), Oct 3, 1988: Hughes 269C, Fontana, CA, Substantial damage. High airspeed on run on landing. Raised nose to slow and tail rotor hit the ground.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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