19770530015489A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 269B · Latrobe, PA · May 30, 1977

Date
May 30, 1977
Place
Latrobe, PA
Airport
Latrobe
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N19BL
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC77FGM29
Reported as
Hughes 269B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,362 total200 in this make and model271 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During pratice autorotative landing,student applied excessive aft cyclic. Main rotor struck tail.

As the FAA filed it

DURING PRATICE AUTOROTATIVE LANDING,STUDENT APPLIED EXCESSIVE AFT CYCLIC.MAIN ROTOR STRUCK TAIL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.