# NTSB Accident SEA05CA168
> **Hughes 269A** · 2005-08-12 · Ashland, OR, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA05CA168
- **Event ID:** 20050818X01280
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-08-12
- **Location:** Ashland, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.191665, -122.661109
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Hughes
- **Model:** 269A
- **Registration:** N488MC
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The inability of the dual student to maintain directional control of the helicopter during the landing roll when the left skid sank into an area of thick, soft, sticky tar, and the instructor pilot's improper decision to perform a full-down autorotational landing to a surface which had already shown itself to be soft. Factors include a soft, sticky landing surface, and high temperature that contributed to the softening of the landing surface.

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