19910516016249A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airspc 18AAIRSPC · Long Beach, CA · May 16, 1991

Date
May 16, 1991 · 17:00 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Long Beach - Daugherty Field
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6126S
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX91LA217
Reported as
Airspc 18AAIRSPC
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total20 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Porpoised on takeoff. Shock hitting runway led to ground resonance and separation of main rotors.

As the FAA filed it

PORPOISED ON TAKEOFF. SHOCK HITTING RUNWAY LED TO GROUND RESONANCE AND SEPARATION OF MAIN ROTORS.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N6126S · 1

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