- Date
- February 8, 1984, 11:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9509FHughes 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840208003079A
- Case key
- 39871
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was on the return portion of a round trip from Las Vegas to mesquite, NV. & back. While cruising at about 500 ft AGL, the eng lost power & he initiated an autorotative landing on downsloping terrain. At about 50 ft AGL, he flared, then the helicopter landed hard & was damaged. The plt said that during the landing, he applied collective too soon & this resulted in the hard landing. An exam revealed that only 1 2/3 gal of fuel was remaining. Also, an exam of the low fuel warning light bulb revealed that it was broken. There was no indication that the filament had stretched.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9509F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1070330
- Airframe hours
- 8,177
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Poss Enterprises
- Registered owner
- Ray Poss
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 23, 1983 · 157 hours before
- Departed
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 111 total · 111 in this make and model · 81 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 10 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.