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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369HS · Springfield, MO · July 9, 1983

Date
July 9, 1983 · 10:20 local
Place
Springfield, MO
Airport
Regional
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N500PA
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC83LA149
Reported as
Hughes 369HS
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,596 total2,000 in this make and model229 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Touched down hard from a practice autorotation and full powr recovery. Rotors chopped off the tail boom.

As the FAA filed it

TOUCHED DOWN HARD FROM A PRACTICE AUTOROTATION AND FULL POWR RECOVERY. ROTORS CHOPPED OFF THE TAIL BOOM.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N500PA · 1

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