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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · MD Helicopters 369E · Houston, TX · July 4, 2019

Date
July 4, 2019 · 08:35 local
Place
Houston, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5277F
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN19LA207
Reported as
MD Helicopters 369E
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce 250-C20B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,187 in this make and model4 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.

The pilot was unable to control the helicopter descend speed and the helicopter experienced a hard landing and roll over.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE HELICOPTER DESCEND SPEED AND THE HELICOPTER EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AND ROLL OVER.

NTSB investigation

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