# Incident 19960808027039I: Hughes 369D, Wahiawa, HI, August 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1996, 10:15 local time
- Place: Wahiawa, HI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.5007° N, 158.0180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wahiawa, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.5007&lon=-158.0180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5000N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 4,600 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960808027039I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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