# Accident 20090224004189A: Hughes 369F, Moyock, NC, February 24, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2009, 13:33 local time
- Place: Moyock, NC
- Airport: Blackwater Airstrip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: P4YA
- Location: 36.4556° N, 76.2064° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4556&lon=-76.2064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5205C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369F
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090224004189A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON FEBRUARY 24, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 LOCAL N5205C A HUGHES 369F ROTORCRAFT OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING PART 91 FLIGHT TRAINING AT THE XE TRAINING FACILITY LOCATED IN MOYOCK, NORTH CAROLINA.  DURING THE DEMONSTRATION OF A TOE LANDING WHEREBY THE PILOT PLACES THE TIP OF THE ROTORCRAFT SKIDS ON A RAILING LOCATED ATOP STACKED STEEL CONTAINERS, THE RIGHT SKID SLID UNDER THE RAILING OUT OF THE VIEW FROM THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN THE LEFT SEAT.  THE STUDENT PILOT IN THE RIGHT SEAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTICED THE SKID UNDER THE RAILING AND ATTEMPTED TO INFORM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BEFORE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COULD REACH THE MIC SWITCH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ALREADY LIFTING OFF.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT SKID WAS HUNG UNDER THE RAILING AND ATTEMPTED TO FREE THE SKID BY ADDING POWER, THE RAILING BROKE FREE AND THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY BANKED TO THE LEFT AND ENTERED INTO A DYNAMIC ROLLOVER.  THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED FROM THE THIRD STORY OF THE STRUCTURE ONTO THE SECOND STORY, RAILING CAME THROUGH THE TOP PORTION OF THE COCKPIT STRIKING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN THE FACIAL AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWN ONTO THE TOP OF THE FIRST STORY OF THE STRUCTURE WERE IT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA09LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA173), Feb 24, 2009: Hughes 369F (N5205C), Moyock, NC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to verify that the helicopter's skid was clear of an obstruction while demonstrating a one-skid and toe-in landing maneuver. Contributing to the accident was 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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