ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362580
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| Date: | Monday 21 December 1992 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12C |
| Owner/operator: | Vintage Props & Jets Inc. |
| Registration: | N38767 |
| MSN: | 1037 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6874 hours |
| Engine model: | FRANKLIN 6V4-200-C33 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New Smyrna Bch, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (34J) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE COMMERCIAL PILOT/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WAS DEMONSTRATING AN AUTOROTATIVE LANDING TO A COMMERCIAL PILOT WHO WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION. THE CFI INITIATED THE SIMULATED EMERGENCY WHILE ON BASE LEG. AT ABOUT 75 FEET AGL, THE CFI CONDUCTED A DECELERATION AND APPLIED COLLECTIVE PITCH AT ABOUT 10 FEET AGL, WITHOUT LEVELING THE HELICOPTER WITH THE CYCLIC CONTROL STICK. THE STINGER, AND TAILROTOR BLADES COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AND SEPARATED FROM THE HELICOPTER ALONG WITH THE TAILROTOR GEAR BOX. THE HELICOPTER SLID TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE SKIDS IN THE GRASS.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER APPLICATION OF CYCLIC AND COLLECTIVE PITCH CONTROL DURING AN AUTOROTATIVE LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA93LA032
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 May 1985 | N38767 | Lehman Aviation, Inc. | 0 | Casa Grande, AZ | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 08:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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