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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369HS · Norwood, MA · August 10, 1986

Date
August 10, 1986 · 11:09 local
Place
Norwood, MA
Airport
Norwood Memorial Airport
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N369B
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC86LA204
Reported as
Hughes 369HS
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
316 total133 in this make and model6 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.

The helicopter landed hard during autorotation practice. Rotor blade struck tail boom.

As the FAA filed it

THE HELICOPTER LANDED HARD DURING AUTOROTATION PRACTICE. ROTOR BLADE STRUCK TAIL BOOM.

NTSB investigation

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