ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161764
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 October 2013 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Friedkin Companies Inc |
| Registration: | N1CR |
| MSN: | 7316 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 192 hours |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Arriel 2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Eagle Pass, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Eagle Pass, TX (5TE0) |
| Eagle Pass, TX (5TE0) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The instructor pilot provided instruction to the private pilot and conducted practice autorotation landings. The instructor pilot demonstrated an autorotation and during the landing the helicopter slid on the skids for about 10-15 feet before the skids dug into the soft landing surface. The helicopter began to pitch nose down so both pilots applied aft cyclic and up collective. The helicopter continued to pitch nose down when the main rotor impacted the ground, which resulted in the helicopter rolling on its right side. The helicopter sustained substantial damage to the main rotor blades, fuselage, and tail boom. The instructor pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The abnormal contact of the helicopter's skids with the landing surface, which resulted in a rollover.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Oct-2013 20:22 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 23-Sep-2016 18:55 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 09:17 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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