- Date
- June 13, 1991, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Canby, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8944FHughes 269A-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910613021769A
- Case key
- 41449
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
A hard landing after an undetermined loss of power. Factors include an excessive emergency descent rate.
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 of the Hughes 269A-1 stated that he experienced a partial engine power loss while spraying christmas trees with herbicide. As the rotor speed began to decay he attempted to fly to a clearing about one-half mile away. The aircraft began to turn into some trees and the pilot was able to avoid impacting them with excessive rear cyclic. At that point the aircraft dropped about 50 feet to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8944F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 15-0021
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360B1A, 130 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Noble Helicopters, Inc
- Registered owner
- Noble Helicopters, Inc
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Flight engineer, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 600 in this make and model · 3,400 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.