From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) While practicing a running landings in a BH-47 a student pilot failed to touch down in a level attitude. The aircraft initially contacted the surface with the right rear skid causing the aircraft to pitch forward. In reaction to the forward pitching motion, the student pilot applied excessive aft cyclic which caused the main rotor blades to contact the tail boom. The student pilot's flight instructor stated that he had expressly forbidden the student pilot from practicing running landings without an instructor on board the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) WHILE PRACTICING A RUNNING LANDINGS IN A BH-47 A STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO TOUCH DOWN IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY CONTACTED THE SURFACE WITH THE RIGHT REAR SKID CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH FORWARD. IN REACTION TO THE FORWARD PITCHING MOTION, THE STUDENT PILOT APPLIED EXCESSIVE AFT CYCLIC WHICH CAUSED THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES TO CONTACT THE TAIL BOOM. THE STUDENT PILOT'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE HAD EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN THE STUDENT PILOT FROM PRACTICING RUNNING LANDINGS WITHOUT AN INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.