# NTSB SEA86LA026: Hughes 269C, N58181, Brooks, OR, November 24, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 24, 1985, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Brooks, OR
- Coordinates: 45.010894, -122.910652 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0109&lon=-122.9107&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40336
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA026
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40336/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA026

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,cylinder - failure,total (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED DUE TO THE NUMBER 4 CYLINDER FAILING. A TAIL BOOM STRIKE OCCURRED DURING A HARD LANDING IN A PARKING LOT, SEVERING THE TAIL BOOM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N58181](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58181-2013-02-01), registration cancelled 2013-02-01, S/N 480682, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Registry model: [Hughes 269C](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (registry code 4470504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming HIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (registry code 41524, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 480682
- Airframe hours: 4650
- Engines: LYCOMING HIO-360 SER 190 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ronnie T. Walters
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 29, 1985, 15 hours before
- Departed: RBG, ROSEBURG, OR
- Destination: PDX, PORTLANDE, OR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; flight instructor, commercial; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 785 total, 500 in this make and model, 680 as pilot in command, 120 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 25 °F

## 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 19851124058099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851124058099A), Nov 24, 1985: Hughes 269C, Brooks, OR, Substantial damage. Chip detector followed by power loss. Hard landing in parking lot where tail boom severed. Cylinder had failed.

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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