# Incident 20060915021379I: Hughes TH55, Asheville, NC, September 15, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2006, 13:47 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7089S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7089S-2018-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes TH-55 (registry code 4471002, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-th-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES TH55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060915021379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N7089S, HOVERED AND TAXIED ACROSS RUNWAY 34 (AVL) AT 3,000 FOOT MARK. PILOT STATES THAT LEFT PEDAL STUCK AND HE LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. HELIOCOPTER IMPACTED THE GROUND, SKIDS SPREAD APART AND THE TAIL ROTOR BROKE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N7089S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20150505006029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150505006029A), May 5, 2015: Hughes TH-55 (N7089S), Morganton, NC, Substantial damage. The CFI, [privacy data omitted], was performing a full down autorotation to get the feel of the aircraft prior to the student performing one of her own. The…

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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