20021206033429I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L-1 · New Iberia, LA · December 6, 2002

Date: December 6, 2002 · 10:45 local
Place: New Iberia, LA
Airport: Acadiana Regional
Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: YTRA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1078C
Reported as: Bell 206L1
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,008 total4,404 in this make and model131 in the last 90 days

N1078CRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2017 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1S/N 45392 · Built 1980 Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 Engine modelAllison 250 SER 250HPTurbo-shaft

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While performing company new hire training, instructor privacy data omitted stated after completing several practice autorotations with power recovery the student was still having difficulties with trim and flare height. The instructor was preoccupied in watching what the student was doing and neither he nor the student advanced the throttle after passing through 300 feet. It was not until passing below 100 feet that the instructor realized the throttle was not rolled up. The instructor advanced the throttle, while the student began a very high angle flare, which began a sink rate. The instructor pushed the nose over to put the aircraft in a landing configuration and prepared to slide it on. When contacting the ground, the instructor kept the cyclic forward and put the collective down a bit too abruptly. The aircraft was repositioned to the heliport on the airport where it was shut down and the damage was noticed the the auz vertical fins and the bottom of the main rotor blades.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE PERFORMING COMPANY NEW HIRE TRAINING, INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA O^ STATED AFTER COMPLETING SEVERAL PRACTICE AUTOROTATIONS WITH POWER RECOVERY THE STUDENT WAS STILL HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH TRIM AND FLARE HEIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS PREOCCUPIED IN WATCHING WHAT THE STUDENT WAS DOING AND NEITHER HE NOR THE STUDENT ADVANCED THE THROTTLE AFTER PASSING THROUGH 300 FEET.IT WAS NOT UNTIL PASSING BELOW 100 FEET THAT THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED THE THROTTLE WAS NOT ROLLED UP. THE INSTRUCTOR ADVANCED THE THROTTLE, WHILE THE STUDENT BEGAN A VERY HIGH ANGLE FLARE, WHICH BEGAN A SINK RATE. THE INSTRUCTOR PUSHED THE NOSE OVER TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN A LANDING CONFIGURATION AND PREPARED TO SLIDE IT ON. WHEN CONTACTING THE GROUND, THE INSTRUCTOR KEPT THE CYCLIC FORWARD AND PUT THE COLLECTIVE DOWN A BIT TOO ABRUPTLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONED TO THE HELIPORT ON THE AIRPORT WHERE IT WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE DAMAGE WAS NOTICED THE THE AUZ VERTICAL FINS AND THE BOTTOM OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES.

Other reports on N1078C · 1

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

Accident 20040717021959ANormal Cruise · Cameron, LA(-23) On July 17, 2004, a Bell, model 206L-1, N1087C, registered to and operated by rotorcraft leasing company, LLC was reported missing south of Cameron, Louisiana. United states coast guard identified wreckage 29.37.62 and 93.17.17, about 12 miles south of…Jul 17, 2004 · Destroyed · 1 fatal