ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 375601
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 February 1986 |
| Time: | 10:20 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | Flight Safety International |
| Registration: | N58275 |
| MSN: | 1190849 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1576 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: | Vero Beach, FL (KVRB) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING AUTO-ROTATION PRACTICE, THE CFI PASSED CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER TO THE STUDENT PLT. AT APRX 10 FT ABOVE THE GROUND, THE CFI ATTEMPTED TO APPLY CORRECTIVE ACTION WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE ACFT WAS GOING TO MAKE A HARD LANDING. THE ATTEMPT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, AND THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK THE GROUND. THE CFI STATED THAT PERHAPS HE HAD WAITED A LITTLE TOO LONG BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO REASSUME CONTROL OF THE ACFT FROM THE STUDENT PLT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA86LA074
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 March 1990 | N58275 | Flight Safety Int'l | 0 | Vero Beach, FL | |
sub |
| 9 May 1990 | N58275 | Flight Safety International | 0 | Fort Pierce, FL | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 29-Mar-2024 07:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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