ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362842
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| Date: | Thursday 1 October 1992 |
| Time: | 08:12 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7400F |
| MSN: | 250397 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1952 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING HIO-360-D1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hillsboro, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE ENGAGED IN A HOVER THE ATP RATED PILOT, WHO HAD ONLY 9.0 HOURS OF ROTORCRAFT TIME OF WHICH 3.5 HOURS WERE SOLO, ALLOWED THE HELICOPTER TO DESCEND AND SLIP AFT. DURING THE ENSUING GROUND COLLISION THE HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER AND THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION TO A DEPARTING BUSINESS JET DURING WHICH TIME THE GROUND COLLISION OCCURRED.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE DURING THE HOVER. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN ROTORCRAFT AND HIS DIVERSION OF ATTENTION WHILE HOVERING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA93LA001
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 June 1996 | N7400F | Olympic Air, Inc. | 1 | Eldon, WA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 10:53 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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