# Accident 20100816053749A: Warrenton, VA, August 16, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2010, 14:45 local time
- Place: Warrenton, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Location: 38.7154° N, 77.7976° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Warrenton, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7154&lon=-77.7976&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100816053749A

## Narrative

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

A CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL HELICOPTER FLIGHT CREW WAS CONDUCTING A STRAIGHT- IN- AUTOROTATION TO RUNWAY 33 AT THE WARRENTON-FAUQUIER AIRPORT.ON POWER RECOVERY AT A HOVER, THE NOSE HIGH PITCH OF THE HELICOPTER CAUSED THE STINGER AND TAIL ROTOR BLADES TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE NEAR THE 1000 FOOT MARKER.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT IMMEDIATELY PITCHED THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD TO ARREST THE TAIL LOW CONDITION. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND BOTH PILOTS WORKED TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT BUT NOT BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PIVOT NOSE RIGHT DUE TO THE LOSS OF TAIL ROTOR THRUST. THE HELICOPTER STRUCK THE RUNWAY LEFT SKID LOW AND CAME TO REST BEYOND THE 1500 FOOT MARKER, NEAR THE TAXIWAY EXITING RUNWAY 33. BOTH PILOTS EXECUTED THE SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST AND EXITED THROUGH THE MAIN CABIN DOORWAYS ADJACENT TO EACH PILOT. THE NTSB AND THE FAA WERE NOTIFIED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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