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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 269C · Miami, FL · April 18, 1981

Date
April 18, 1981 · 18:00 local
Place
Miami, FL
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N10926
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA81DKT45
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
653 total352 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Student failed to make power recovery from practice autorotation. Skids hit soft ground. Helicopter nosed up.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT FAILED TO MAKE POWER RECOVERY FROM PRACTICE AUTOROTATION. SKIDS HIT SOFT GROUND. HELICOPTER NOSED UP.

NTSB investigation

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