ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357767
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| Date: | Friday 16 February 1996 |
| Time: | 21:00 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 269A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8897F |
| MSN: | 830274 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2925 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dallas, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | (KADS) |
| (KADS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The owner of a newly purchased helicopter was a student pilot. He decided to make a maintenance run-up and to perform an operational check of the newly installed radios. The student stated that his intentions were to bring the helicopter into a hover, but remain in the same location. After lift-off, the student lost control of the helicopter. Subsequently, it touched down hard, rolled over, and came to rest on its side. According to his logbook, the student pilot/owner of the helicopter had accumulated a total of 88.6 hours in single engine airplanes, of which 0.6 hours were solo. He stated that he had accumulated 2.5 hours in the accident helicopter before the accident.
Probable Cause: Failure of the unqualified helicopter pilot to maintain control of the helicopter. Factors relating to the accident were: his lack of total experience in helicopters and his improper decision to attempt to hover without appropriate training/endorsement for flight in the helicopter.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW96LA125
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 06:20 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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