# NTSB Accident SEA03LA156
> **Hughes 269C** · 2003-07-25 · Marblemount, WA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA03LA156
- **Event ID:** 20030730X01226
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-07-25
- **Location:** Marblemount, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 48.57611, -121.150276
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Hughes
- **Model:** 269C
- **Registration:** N500HS
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The partial failure of a magneto during hover taxi over water, leading to a forced landing in shallow water near the shoreline. Factors include the aircraft being over a lake at the time that the partial loss of power made it impossible to keep it airborne.

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