# NTSB MIA82DA059: Hughes 269C, N1100W, Ft. Myers, FL, February 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 27, 1982, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Ft. Myers, FL
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70782
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70782/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA059

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - miscellaneous - undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

DURING FLIGHT ENGINE RPM'S DROPPED AND PILOT IMMEDIATELY LANDED ON A ROAD. THE PILOT STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO CHECK THE ENGINE POWER BY BRINGING THE HELICOPTER TO A HOVER AND MOVING IT APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET THREE TIMES. THE POWER APPEARED NORMAL SO HE ELECTED TO TAKEOFF. DURING HIS NEXT APPROACH, WHILE AT APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET AGL, HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL COLLECTIVE AND GOT AN INDICATION OF NO POWER. THE PILOT STATED HE THEN DROPPED THE COLLECTIVE PART WAY AND ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1100W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 900955
- Airframe hours: 237
- Engines: LYCOMING HIO-360-D1A 190 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Southern Machine&Steel
- Registered owner: Southern Machine&Steel
- Departed: FT. MYERS, FL
- Destination: FT. MYERS, FL
- Airport: Lehigh West, runway 5, 2,833 × 0 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 3,284 total, 149 in this make and model, 3,284 as pilot in command, 37 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 181 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FMY, 7 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820227001019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820227001019A), Feb 27, 1982: Hughes 269C, Ft Myers, FL, Substantial damage. Helicopter damaged in autorotation landing. Pilot claims engine malfunction but none found.

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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