- Date
- August 4, 1982, 09:07 local (13:07 UTC)
- Place
- Nashville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9209FHughes 369HS
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820804034829A
- Case key
- 71831
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Rotorcraft flight control system,cyclic trim - binding(mechanical)Factor
Cyclic - improper use ofCause
Hard landing
Analysis
Pilot lost control of the helicopter during landing. The landing was hard and the aircraft was damaged. The only pre-existing discrepancy was a "notchieness" in the cyclic trim. The pilot said cyclic trim had run away the previous day. He further stated it might have been pilot induced.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9209F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 627F
- Airframe hours
- 2,036
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 278 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cargile Co.
- Registered owner
- Cargile Co.
- Departed
- Nashville, TN
- Destination
- Nashville, TN
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,949 total · 180 in this make and model · 4,056 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 26° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 178 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.