ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176631
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 April 2004 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  Bell 407 |
| Owner/operator: | Bell Training Academy |
| Registration: | N407BP |
| MSN: | 53355 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2222 hours |
| Engine model: | Rolls Royce 250C47B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hurst, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Hurst, TX (OTE2) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a recurrent training flight, the 1,413-hour commercial pilot who was receiving the training, and was at the controls, initiated a full-touchdown practice autorotation in the single engine helicopter. During the landing "flare," just prior to touchdown, the helicopter’s pitch attitude became "excessively" nose high. Subsequently, the tailboom stinger struck the ground, which resulted in structural damage to the tailboom. The 13,200-hour CFI stated that he was "unable to correct the aircraft attitude" before the stinger struck the ground. The helicopter was operating normally during the flight, and post-accident examination of the flight controls did not reveal anomalies that could have contributed to the accident.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's excessive flare prior to touchdown during the practice autorotation which resulted in the tailboom stinger striking the ground. A contributing factor was the flight instructor's delay to take remedial action.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040430X00538&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2015 14:12 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 17:54 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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