ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367356
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| Date: | Friday 2 March 1990 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 300C |
| Owner/operator: | Flight Safety Int'l |
| Registration: | N58275 |
| MSN: | 1190849 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3467 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING HIO-360-D1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vero Beach, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (KVRB) |
| (KVRB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND THE RATED HELICOPTER PILOT WERE PRACTICING TOUCHDOWN AUTOROTATIONS. AFTER A LANDING AND GROUND SLIDE, THEY BOTH NOTED VIBRATIONS, THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND EXITED THE HELICOPTER. THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES HAD STRUCK THE TAILBOOM AND SEVERED THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVESHAFT. THE WIND AT 1450 CST WAS FROM 140 DEG AT 16 GUSTING 22 KTS.
Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND/INSTRUCTOR PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR RPM AFTER LANDING FROM A TOUCHDOWN AUTOROTATION. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE GUSTY WIND CONDITION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA90LA076
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 February 1986 | N58275 | Flight Safety International | 0 | Vero Beach, FL | |
sub |
| 9 May 1990 | N58275 | Flight Safety International | 0 | Fort Pierce, FL | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 13:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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