- Date
- June 19, 1991, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Warrenton, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9380FHughes 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910619022729A
- Case key
- 41455
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain proper rotor speed during a simulated autorotation.
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 269B helicopter was practicing solo autorotation landings. During the fourth autorotation the rotor speed had dropped and the aircraft impacted in the sand during the recovery attempt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9380F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 64-0096
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Conquest Helicopter, Inc
- Departed
- Seaside, OR
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 314 total · 110 in this make and model · 211 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 44 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °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.
Other investigations on N9380F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.