# Incident 20030918022609I: Hughes 369E, Fountain Hills, AZ, September 18, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2003, 08:30 local time
- Place: Fountain Hills, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6078° N, 111.7384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fountain Hills, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6078&lon=-111.7384&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7032V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,448 total, 8,608 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030918022609I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING AUTOROTATION DESCENT POWER RECOVERY, WHILE ENGINE WAS BEING ROLLED ON DURING POWER RECOVERY PHASE OF MANEUVER, ENGINE SUFFERED COMPRESSOR STALL, ALLOWING AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND AND PILOT FAILED TO INITIATE FLARE SOONER. TAIL STINGER CONTACTED THE GROUND BEFORE PILOT LEVELED THE SHIP INTO CORRECT HOVER ATTITUDE. BOTH OF THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES SUFFERED EROSION, ONE WITH LEADING EDGE DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT SECURED AND MAINTENANCE CALLED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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