20040615023179A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 269C-1 · Portmouth, VA · June 15, 2004

Date
June 15, 2004 · 18:20 local
Place
Portmouth, VA
Airport
Hampton Roads Airport
Phase of flight
Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2065T
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC04LA142
Reported as
Hughes 269C1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
17 total17 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) Student pilot landed from a hover with a low RPM (2600 RPM). Aircraft entered ground resonance and destroyed itself.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT LANDED FROM A HOVER WITH A LOW RPM (2600 RPM). AIRCRAFT ENTERED GROUND RESONANCE AND DESTROYED ITSELF.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.