21.5007° N, 158.0180° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Wahiawa, HI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 8, 1996 · 10:15 local
Place
Wahiawa, HI
Phase of flight
Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5000N
Reported as
Hughes 369D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total4,600 in this make and model120 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.
Narrative: struck tail rotor blades while giving autorotation training to non-rated observer. Observer was on controls at time of incident and flared too low. Pic/cfi took controls after ground strike. Tail rotor blades swashplate, and tail rotor gearbox were damaged.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: STRUCK TAIL ROTOR BLADES WHILE GIVING AUTOROTATION TRAINING TO NON-RATED OBSERVER. OBSERVER WAS ON CONTROLS AT TIME OF INCIDENT AND FLARED TOO LOW. PIC/CFI TOOK CONTROLS AFTER GROUND STRIKE. TAIL ROTOR BLADES SWASHPLATE, AND TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX WERE DAMAGED.