ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284334
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| Date: | Monday 3 September 2007 |
| Time: | 09:15 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | Civic Helicopters, Inc. |
| Registration: | N58332 |
| MSN: | 490778 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HIO-360-D1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ramona, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Carlsbad-McClellan-Palomar Airport, CA (CLD/KCRQ) |
| Carlsbad-McClellan-Palomar Airport, CA (CLD/KCRQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter landed hard during performance of a practice autorotation during the instructional flight. The certified flight instructor indicated that the engine lost power after the student initiated the autorotation about 800 feet above the designated dirt field, whereupon the instructor took the controls. The instructor misjudged the landing flare, the helicopter bounced, and it yawed left 90 degrees before coming to rest on its skids. The helicopter's tail boom was broken from the fuselage, and the main rotor blades were bent. Following the helicopter's recovery its engine was run up and the control system was examined. The engine and control system operated normally, and no evidence was found of any malfunction.
Probable Cause: a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX07CA267
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 March 1988 | N58332 | Omega Helicopter | 0 | Tomball, TX | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 30-Sep-2022 15:09 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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