34.5636° N, 111.8543° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Camp Verde, AZ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 16, 1992 · 09:45 local
Place
Camp Verde, AZ
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
CGGLF
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360A1A
Fatal injuries
0
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.
Tail boom skid hit ground. Tail rotor separated. Helicopter rolled over. Witnesses observed it flying low in hills.
As the FAA filed it
TAIL BOOM SKID HIT GROUND. TAIL ROTOR SEPARATED. HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER. WITNESSES OBSERVED IT FLYING LOW IN HILLS.