# Incident 20030930025629I: Snias AS350B2, Junction City, KS, September 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2003, 17:30 local time
- Place: Junction City, KS
- Airport: Freeman Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: L2SA
- Location: 39.0433° N, 96.8433° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREEMAN FLD (3JC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0433&lon=-96.8433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N853HW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030930025629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A PRACTICE TOUCHDOWN AUTOROTATION, THE HELICOPTER TOUCHED DOWN AND SLID TO AN ABRUPT STOP CAUSING THE PILOT TO APPLY AFT CYCLIC. BECAUSE OF AFT CYCLIC AND LOW ROTOR RPM, A MAIN ROTOR BLADE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TAILROTOR DRIVE SHAFT COVER. THE COVER, THE DRIVE SHAFT AND MAIN ROTOR BLADE WERE DAMAGED. PRACTICE AUTOROTATIONS ARE A NORMAL TRAINING MANEUVER THAT WERE BEING MADE TO SOD RUNWAY 05 AT JUNCTION CITY, KS AIRPORT. TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE AT A POINT A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY THAN PREVIOUS TOUCHDOWN AUTOROTATIONS. THE SURFACE CONDITION WAS WETTER THAN PREVIOUS TOUCHDOWN POINTS CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO STOP SUDDENLY. DURING THE SLIDE ON THE SKIDS THAT WAS DECELERATING FASTER THAN ANTICIPATED, THE STUDENT PULLED BACK ON THE CYCLIC TO LEVEL THE HELICOPTER AS IT PITCHED FORWARD.

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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