# Accident 20161210024699A: Hiller OH-23B, Tynan, TX, December 10, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2016, 10:30 local time
- Place: Tynan, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.1714° N, 97.7606° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1714&lon=-97.7606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5776, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5776-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hiller OH-23B (registry code 4360109, https://openairdocs.org/model/hiller-oh-23b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HILLER OH-23B
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,659 total, 18 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161210024699A

## Narrative

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

DURING FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PRACTICE AUTO-ROTATION AND FLARED TO LOW. TAIL BOOM CONTACTED GROUND AND BROKE AWAY. AIRCRAFT ROLLED ONTO SIDE AND POST FIRE DESTROYED AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN17LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA055), Dec 10, 2016: Hiller OH 23B (N5776), Tynan, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The student pilot's delayed and improper landing flare during a practice autorotation, which resulted in the tail rotor striking terrain.

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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