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MADE HARD DOWNWIND LANDING. (.4)THE HELICOPTER WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A HARD LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT ROLL OVER DURING A POSITIONING FLIGHT AT THE DUPAGE AIRPORT. THE SOLO STUDENT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GOES ON RUNWAY 19L WHEN HE ASKED FOR CLEARANCE TO A FIXED BASE OPERATOR NEAR RUNWAY 33. REPORTED WEATHER, TAKEN AFTER THE ACCIDENT, RECORDED THE WINDS FROM 140 AT 9 KNOTS. THE PILOT STATED 'AS I STARTED TO LAND, I KNOW I HAD GOTTEN MYSELF IN A BAD SITUATION WHEN I REALIZED MY RATE OF DESCENT WAS JUST OVER 500 FPM WITH SLOW FORWARD AIRSPEED.' (-23) THE FOLLOWING IS THE OFFICIAL FILE SUMMARY FOR THE ACCIDENT INVOLVINGN86238, ENSTROM HELICOPTER, OWNED BY OLIVER HELICOPTERS. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE HELICOPTER WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, FLIGHT INSTRUCTION. THE PILOT OF THE N86238 WAS A STUDENT PILOT: GUS R. WARREN, RESIDING AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS FLIGHT WAS AN UNSUPERVISED SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT FROM OLIVERS HELIPORT (IS92) TO DUPAGE AIRPORT FOR NORMAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS. AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS LOCAL TIME, WARREN DEPARTED IS92 TO DPA AIRPORT FOR UNSUPERVISED SOLO PRACTICE. UPON ARRIVING AT DPA AT APPROXIMATELY 1313 HOURS, MULTIPLE LANDING AND TAKEOFFS WERE MADE UNTIL 1541 HOURS. WHILE ON RUNWAY 19L, THE PILOT IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS A STUDENT PILOT AND REQUESTED TO FLY TO THE PILOT SHOP NEXT TO JA AVIATION. TOWER GAVE A CLEARANCE TO DEPART 19L AND CLEARED TO LAND RWY 33. THE PILOT COMPLIED WITH THE CLEARANCE. ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 33, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN UNSTABLE FLIGHT CONDITION AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET. THE HELICOPTER ENTERED SETTLING WITH POWER, CONTACTING THE GROUND IN A NEAR VERTICAL DESCENT AND WITH AN UNCONTROLLED LATERAL DRIFT.