19810731046549A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Frchld FH-1100 · Sioux Falls, SD · July 31, 1981

Date
July 31, 1981 · 11:05 local
Place
Sioux Falls, SD
Airport
Joe Foss
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4258V
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN81FTK17
Reported as
Frchld FH1100
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1 in this make and model121 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.

Practice to become familiar with new aircraft. Tail rotor struck ground on quick stop to hover. Rolled over.

As the FAA filed it

PRACTICE TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH NEW AIRCRAFT. TAIL ROTOR STRUCK GROUND ON QUICK STOP TO HOVER. ROLLED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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