# Incident 20080517839119I: Hughes 269C1, Ormond Beach, FL, May 17, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2008, 11:30 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Airport: Ormond Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: T1NS
- Location: 29.3011° N, 81.1138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORMOND BEACH MUNI (OMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3011&lon=-81.1138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N142TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N142TA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C-1 (registry code 8059504, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360-G1A (registry code 41898, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-g1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C1
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360G1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 55 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080517839119I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 5/16/2008 STUDENT PILOT WAS SOLOING IN THE HELICOPTER PERFORMING PATTERN WORK.  SHE WANTED A SHORT BREAK; SO SHE LANDED THE HELICOPTER AND REMOVED HER HANDS FROM THE CONTROLS WITHOUT USING FRICTION LOCKS TO SECURE THEM.  THE COLLECTIVE BEGAN RISING, AND THE HELICOPTER BEGAN TO VIBRATE.  THE STUDENT PILOT THOUGHT THE HELICOPTER WAS GOING INTO GROUND RESONANCE AND SHE QUICKLY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED ROTOR HEAD DAMAGE.

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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