ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 378619
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| Date: | Saturday 25 August 1984 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 269B |
| Owner/operator: | Santa Barbara Aviation, Inc. |
| Registration: | N9380F |
| MSN: | 640096 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1999 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HIO-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Goleta, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PLT WAS PRACTICING DURING SOLO FLT AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING AN AERIAL TAXI. THE STUDENT EXPLAINEDTHAT AFTER A NORMAL LANDING HE PULLED ENOUGH COLLECTIVE TO MAKE THE ACFT LIGHT ON THE SKIDS AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI ALONG THE GROUND BY ADVANCING THE CYCLIC CONTROL. THE ACFT SUDDENLY PITCHED FOWARD AND TO THE RIGHT. WHEN THE ROTOR BLADES HITTHE GROUND THE ACFT BROKE APART. AN INSPECTION SHOWED 3 FT OF THE RIGHT SKID WAS BROKEN OFF. NO PRE-EXISTING IRREGULARITIES WERE OBSERVED THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX84LA455
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 31-Mar-2024 10:34 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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