20140429006569A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes OH-6 · April 29, 2014

Date
April 29, 2014 · 10:30 local
Airport
Hanksville
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N37929
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR14GA176
Reported as
Hughes OH-6
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
19,817 total1,000 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft lost power and tail roter effectiveness, autorotated to a point where it rolled 50 feet down an embankment.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND TAIL ROTER EFFECTIVENESS, AUTOROTATED TO A POINT WHERE IT ROLLED 50 FEET DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.