# NTSB Accident CEN12LA648
> **HUGHES 269A** · 2012-09-19 · Mc Cool Junction, NE, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN12LA648
- **Event ID:** 20120920X63049
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-09-19
- **Location:** Mc Cool Junction, NE, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.740997, -97.590934
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** HUGHES
- **Model:** 269A
- **Registration:** N37754
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the student pilot’s entry into the autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the loss of engine power as a result of the student pilot rapidly lowering the helicopter’s collective and the partly obstructed air filter.

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