# Accident 20100311031329A: Hughes 369D, Naples, FL, March 11, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2010, 08:30 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1522° N, 81.7758° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1522&lon=-81.7758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8618F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250 SER 250HP
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,950 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100311031329A

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING YEARLY CHECK RIDE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A HARD LANDING FROM A FULL AUTORATION. ONE OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK THE TAIL BOOM, THUS CUTTING IT IN HALF.

## 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 ERA10LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA172), Mar 11, 2010: Hughes 369 (N8618F), Naples, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive aft cyclic imput during the flare following an practice autorotation, which resulted in main rotor blade contact with the tail boom.

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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