ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223990
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 July 2017 |
| Time: | 20:30 |
| Type: |  Canadian Home Rotors Safari Bell Air |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N211CJ |
| MSN: | DK1-1 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 325 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-C2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Spartanburg, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Spartanburg, SC (SPA) |
| Spartanburg, SC (SPA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot of the experimental, amateur-built helicopter reported that he returned to the airfield after a local flight and was preparing to land. While flying about 4 ft above ground level at an indicated airspeed between 16 and 24 mph, he felt a shudder, and the helicopter yawed to the right. He straightened the helicopter with antitorque pedal inputs and did not recall hearing any engine noise, although the doors were removed. The next thing that he recalled was lying on the ground, with the helicopter leaking fuel. Examination of the wreckage revealed that the helicopter's main rotor blades were bent and the tailboom was severed. Postaccident examination of the helicopter, which included an engine run, did not reveal any evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Although the pilot reported 46 total hours of helicopter flight experience, all in the make and model of the accident helicopter, he did not possess a rotorcraft rating at the time of the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain helicopter control during the approach to landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Apr-2019 14:43 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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