38.7131° N, 77.1444° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Belvoir, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 9, 2005 · 13:00 local
Place
Fort Belvoir, VA
Airport
Davison Aaf Base Ops
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N911DC
Reported as
Snias AS350B3
Reported engine
TMECA ARRIEL2B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,750 total2,200 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days
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) During practice autorotation conducted as part of the pilot's privacy data omitted semi-annual recurrency training with factory instructor pilot privacy data omitted ^ aircraft was flared too high resulting in too low an airspeed and rotor RPM causing a hard landing. The metal tail boom flexed as a result of the hard landing.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DURING PRACTICE AUTOROTATION CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA^ SEMI-ANNUAL RECURRENCY TRAINING WITH FACTORY INSTRUCTOR PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ AIRCRAFT WAS FLARED TOO HIGH RESULTING IN TOO LOW AN AIRSPEED AND ROTOR RPM CAUSING A HARD LANDING. THE METAL TAIL BOOM FLEXED AS A RESULT OF THE HARD LANDING.