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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369FF · Flagstaff, AZ · November 21, 1996

Date: November 21, 1996 · 09:01 local
Place: Flagstaff, AZ
Airport: Flagstaff Pulliam Airport
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N630N
NTSB investigation: NTSBLAX97LA061
Reported as: Hughes 369FF
Reported engine: Allison 250C47B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,342 total1,194 in this make and model113 in the last 90 days

N630NRegistered now · Hughes 369FS/N 0004F · Built 1984 Airframe modelHughes 369F Engine modelRolls-Royce 250-C47 seriesTurbo-shaft

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What happened

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High velocity autorotations test. Impacted runway. Bent seperated skids. Began test too low. Low airspeed. Weight.

As the FAA filed it

HIGH VELOCITY AUTOROTATIONS TEST. IMPACTED RUNWAY. BENT SEPERATED SKIDS. BEGAN TEST TOO LOW. LOW AIRSPEED. WEIGHT.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB LAX97LA061Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFlagstaff, AZThe pilot's inattention to the altitude and inadvertent late entry into an autorotation maneuver below the established minimum test altitude with a helicopter operating at maximum gross weight in a high density altitude environment that led to a subsequent…Nov 21, 1996 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N630N · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20040212001669ASfl Autorotation · Mesa, AZ(-23) Mister turchetta a test pilot for MD helicopters was giving a turkish police officer dual instruction in N630N a MD 600 (MD369FF) prior to their government accepting delivery on six of these aircraft. They had just completed 4 touchdown autorotations…Feb 12, 2004 · Substantial damage Incident 19961104034519IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Flagstaff, AZNarrative: while performing flight tests on a proto-type MD630N at Flagstaff airport, Flagstaff, Arizona, the pilot entered the ninth (9th) auto-rotation of the day and made an auto-rotation running touch-down on a paved surface. As the helicopter's main…Nov 4, 1996 · Minor damage