ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296040
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| Date: | Saturday 5 April 2003 |
| Time: | 11:13 LT |
| Type: |  Enstrom F-28F |
| Owner/operator: | Hanger One |
| Registration: | N86238 |
| MSN: | 737 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2405 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HIO 360 FIAD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Monroe, Louisiana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Monroe Regional Airport, LA (MLU/KMLU) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter student pilot reported he was on his second helicopter solo flight and had completed several touch-and-go landings. While practicing hovering over the taxiway, with the helicopter facing into the wind, he initiated a left hovering turn. As the helicopter was turning to face downwind, it became unstable, and the pilot turned the helicopter back to facing the wind. During a second left hovering turn, and as the nose of the helicopter was 90-110 degrees from the wind, the pilot lost control of the helicopter. The right skid hit the ground, and the helicopter came to rest on its left side. The pilot had accumulated a total of 19.7 hours in helicopters.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter. A contributing factor was the crosswind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW03LA122
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 May 1998 | N86238 | Oliver's Helicopters | 0 | West Chicago, IL | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 15:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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