ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357867
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| Date: | Thursday 11 January 1996 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 206B |
| Owner/operator: | Heliflight Inc |
| Registration: | N33HF |
| MSN: | 192 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11343 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison250-C20-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pompano Beach, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (KPMP) |
| (KPMP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE RATED STUDENT PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING A STRAIGHT-IN AUTOROTATION. HE ENTERED THE MANEUVER AT ABOUT 500 FEET AGL, AND A FLARE WAS INITIATED AT ABOUT 50 FEET AGL. INITIAL COLLECTIVE PITCH APPLICATION WAS MADE BETWEEN 15 TO 20 FEET AGL, AND HE DID NOT LEVEL THE HELICOPTER WITH CYCLIC. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) ATTEMPTED TO LEVEL THE HELICOPTER WITH CYCLIC CONTROL, BUT WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETELY LEVEL THE HELICOPTER DUE TO A PREMATURE APPLICATION OF ALL COLLECTIVE PITCH BY THE RATED STUDENT PILOT AND LOW ROTOR RPM. THE HELICOPTER COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE ON THE HEELS OF THE SKIDS. THE NOSE OF THE HELICOPTER THEN PITCHED DOWN, AND THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE COLLIDED WITH THE TAILBOOM ASSEMBLY.
Probable Cause: IMPROPER FLARE BY THE RATED STUDENT PILOT, AND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA96LA061
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 07:25 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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