ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 383299
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| Date: | Saturday 18 September 1982 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | U.s. Helicopters |
| Registration: | N9575F |
| MSN: | 440295 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5439 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Marshville, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Marshville, NC |
| Marshville, NC | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (IP) AND THE STUDENT (A PRIVATE, SINGLE ENGINE LAND, PILOT) WERE ON A DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. AFTER COMPLETING SEVERAL HOVER AUTOROTATIONS AND HOVERING PATTERNS, THE IP TOOK CONTROL. HE POSITIONED THE HELICOPTER FOR AN AUTOROTATION FROM 500 FT AGL WITH A POWER RECOVERY. WHEN ENTERING THE AUTOROTATION, THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING CONCERNING WHO WAS TO FLY AND WHO WAS TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE CONTROLS. THE STUDENT THOUGHT HE WAS TO FOLLOW THROUGH, BUT REPORTEDLY, THE IP THOUGHT THE STUDENT HAD ASSUMED CONTROL. AS THE HELICOPTER APPROACHED THE GROUND, THE IP TOOK CONTROL AND FLARED; HOWEVER, DURING TOUCHDOWN, THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK THE GROUND. THE STUDENT STATED THAT PREVIOUSLY, THE MICROPHONE SYSTEM HAD AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHICH WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. HE BELIEVED THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE MISUNDERSTANDING.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL82DKM07
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 November 1988 | N9575F | Bruce Hodges And Associates | 2 | Mohawk, TN | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Apr-2024 23:08 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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