ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 374236
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| Date: | Thursday 11 September 1986 |
| Time: | 12:30 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | Flight Trails, Inc. |
| Registration: | N58323 |
| MSN: | 790803 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3348 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING HIO-360-D1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Carlsbad, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Carlsbad, CA (KCRQ) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE HELICOPTER DEPARTED PALOMAR AIRPORT (CRQ), CARLSBAD, CA, ON A LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT AND WAS THE SECOND FLIGHT FOR THE DUAL STUDENT. AFTER COMPLETING THE FLIGHT LESSON THE STUDENT ASKED THE CFI TO DEMONSTRATE HOVERING. THE CFI INITIATED AN AUTOROTATION WITH A POWER-ON RECOVERY OVER BATIQUITOS LAGOON, A HIGH, BRUSH COVERED MARSHY SWAMP AREA. AFTER RECOVERING FROM THE AUTOROTATION THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED FORWARD FLIGHT AND THE SKIDS CONTACTED THE HIGH BRUSH. THE HELICOPTER PITCHED DOWNWARD AND AFT CYCLIC CONTROL COULD NOT ARREST THE DOWNWARD MOMENT. THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED THE GROUND.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX86LA344
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 June 1989 | N58323 | Civic Helicopters | 2 | Rainbow Valley , CA | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 28-Mar-2024 07:21 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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