20170522004649A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Schweizer 269C-1 · Eden Prairie, MN · May 22, 2017

Date
May 22, 2017 · 15:30 local
Place
Eden Prairie, MN
Airport
Flying Cloud
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2032S
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA296
Reported as
Schweizer 269C-1
Reported engine
Lycoming HO-360
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
335 total185 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

While conducting a hovering autorotation on an instructional flight, the aircraft rolled onto it's right side allowing the main rotors to contact the ground causing substantial damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE CONDUCTING A HOVERING AUTOROTATION ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ONTO IT'S RIGHT SIDE ALLOWING THE MAIN ROTORS TO CONTACT THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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