ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296073
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| Date: | Friday 28 March 2003 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 47G |
| Owner/operator: | Motolas Helicopter Services Inc. |
| Registration: | N17114 |
| MSN: | 1227 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lehighton, Pennsylvania -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Lehighton, PA (22N) |
| Lehighton | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a solo flight, the student pilot/owner made a hard landing. He then wanted to practice full autorotations with his flight instructor, but the instructor refused because he was concerned that the hard landing may have caused damage to one of the skids. The student pilot then decided to practice running takeoffs and landings on his own, during which, one of the skids completely broke, and a main rotor blade severed the tailboom.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing, and his continued flight operations with a known discrepancy.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB IAD03LA051
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2022 16:12 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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