What happened
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Instructor pilot and student state that they were practicing normal approaches and landings to the taxiway on the left side of runway 15. The instructor stated in an interview with the FAA, that after touchdown, and as the collective was being brought down to full down position, but not yet full down, the aircraft started to spin nose right. He tried to correct the spin and said be believes that the student over powered him on the tail rotor controls. He picked the aircraft off the ground in an attempt to regain control. At some point during the spin, he believes that they struck the ground with the left rear skid while sliding aft, causing deformation of the steel tube frame assembly at the gear leg mount and breaking the left rear leg at the skid saddle mount. During one turn of the spin, the tail rotor contacted the ground through an arc of 16 strike marks on the taxiway. The aircraft came to rest on the broken left rear gear allowing the tail rotor to strike the ground. The blades broke off just outboard of the blade grips as the tail boom settled to the ground. After the aircraft came to rest the instructor pilot pulled the mixture handle to shut off, closed the fuel valve, turned the master switch off, removed the key and student and instructor exited the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT STATE THAT THEY WERE PRACTICING NORMAL APPROACHES AND LANDINGS TO THE TAXIWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 15. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FAA, THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, AND AS THE COLLECTIVE WAS BEING BROUGHT DOWN TO FULL DOWN POSITION, BUT NOT YET FULL DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SPIN NOSE RIGHT. HE TRIED TO CORRECT THE SPIN AND SAID BE BELIEVES THAT THE STUDENT OVER POWERED HIM ON THE TAIL ROTOR CONTROLS. HE PICKED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE GROUND IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN CONTROL. AT SOME POINT DURING THE SPIN, HE BELIEVES THAT THEY STRUCK THE GROUND WITH THE LEFT REAR SKID WHILE SLIDING AFT, CAUSING DEFORMATION OF THE STEEL TUBE FRAME ASSEMBLY AT THE GEAR LEG MOUNT AND BREAKING THE LEFT REAR LEG AT THE SKID SADDLE MOUNT. DURING ONE TURN OF THE SPIN, THE TAIL ROTOR CONTACTED THE GROUND THROUGH AN ARC OF 16 STRIKE MARKS ON THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE BROKEN LEFT REAR GEAR ALLOWING THE TAIL ROTOR TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE BLADES BROKE OFF JUST OUTBOARD OF THE BLADE GRIPS AS THE TAIL BOOM SETTLED TO THE GROUND. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT PULLED THE MIXTURE HANDLE TO SHUT OFF, CLOSED THE FUEL VALVE, TURNED THE MASTER SWITCH OFF, REMOVED THE KEY AND STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.
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