What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
With the privacy data omittedstudent manipulating the controls and the pic/cfi observing throughout. After just landing on the runway 34 run-up area. The student initiated a pickup to hover, to reposition and land back to the normal parking space about 200 feet away.
As the student started to pick the helicopter back up, it started to roll, while attempting to recover the student lost control of the aircraft, allowing the main rotor blades, and tail rotor blades to impact the ground while the aircraft also rotated. The pic/cfi did not have time to assest with recovery. When the aircraft came to rest, the aircraft was still right side up, but the left skid was collapsed, and the aircraft had suffered substantial damage to the main rotor blades, tail rotor, fuselage, and skids.
As the FAA filed it
WITH THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^STUDENT MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS AND THE PIC/CFI OBSERVING THROUGHOUT. AFTER JUST LANDING ON THE RUNWAY 34 RUN-UP AREA. THE STUDENT INITIATED A PICKUP TO HOVER, TO REPOSITION AND LAND BACK TO THE NORMAL PARKING SPACE ABOUT 200 FEET AWAY.
AS THE STUDENT STARTED TO PICK THE HELICOPTER BACK UP, IT STARTED TO ROLL, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER THE STUDENT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, ALLOWING THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES, AND TAIL ROTOR BLADES TO IMPACT THE GROUND WHILE THE AIRCRAFT ALSO ROTATED. THE PIC/CFI DID NOT HAVE TIME TO ASSEST WITH RECOVERY. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL RIGHT SIDE UP, BUT THE LEFT SKID WAS COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES, TAIL ROTOR, FUSELAGE, AND SKIDS.
NTSB investigation
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