What happened
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(-23) -Pilot Mr. Mori, ( a new flight instructor) was being evlauated and checked-out by chief pilot Mr. Gusso. -the aircraft was in the mountainous area looking for the cabin door, that fell off aircraft the day before.-Mr. Gusso told Mr. Mori to land on a mountain ridge. Mr. Gusso thought he spotted the aircraft cabin door. -Mr. Mori set-up landing (into wind), wind shifted to a tail wind. Mr. Mori attempted to continue to not land. -Mr. Gusso took controls to land the aircraft. Rotor RPM decayed. -aircraft skids contacted the ground on downhill side of ridge. Main rotor blades contacted tree. - aircraft came to a sudden stop and flipped over on left side. (.4) on June 14, 2000, at 0915 hours pacific daylight time, a Hughes 269C, N9692F, rolled over after encountering settling with power while attempting to land in the newhall pass, near Santa Clarita, California. The helicopter, operated by king aviation centers as a new hire instructor checkout flight under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91, sustained substantial damage. The airline transport pilot/owner (check pilot) and the certified flight instructor were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions existed for the f light, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from the van nuys airport, van nuys, California, at 0900, and was scheduled to terminate at van nuys.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) -PILOT MR. MORI, ( A NEW FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR) WAS BEING EVLAUATED AND CHECKED-OUT BY CHIEF PILOT MR. GUSSO. -THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE MOUNTAINOUS AREA LOOKING FOR THE CABIN DOOR, THAT FELL OFF AIRCRAFT THE DAY BEFORE.-MR. GUSSO TOLD MR. MORI TO LAND ON A MOUNTAIN RIDGE. MR. GUSSO THOUGHT HE SPOTTED THE AIRCRAFT CABIN DOOR. -MR. MORI SET-UP LANDING (INTO WIND), WIND SHIFTED TO A TAIL WIND. MR. MORI ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE TO NOT LAND. -MR. GUSSO TOOK CONTROLS TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. ROTOR RPM DECAYED. -AIRCRAFT SKIDS CONTACTED THE GROUND ON DOWNHILL SIDE OF RIDGE. MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED TREE. - AIRCRAFT CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP AND FLIPPED OVER ON LEFT SIDE. (.4) ON JUNE 14, 2000, AT 0915 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A HUGHES 269C, N9692F, ROLLED OVER AFTER ENCOUNTERING SETTLING WITH POWER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN THE NEWHALL PASS, NEAR SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA. THE HELICOPTER, OPERATED BY KING AVIATION CENTERS AS A NEW HIRE INSTRUCTOR CHECKOUT FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT/OWNER (CHECK PILOT) AND THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED FOR THE F LIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE VAN NUYS AIRPORT, VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA, AT 0900, AND WAS SCHEDULED TO TERMINATE AT VAN NUYS.
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