- Date
- November 26, 1984, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Chamblee, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2756FBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841126075119A
- Case key
- 6717
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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.
Hard landing
Autorotation - performed
Proper altitude - simulatedFactor
Flare - misjudgedCause
Analysis
The plt reported that he was conducting 'self refresher autorotation' practice with a student plt in the front left seat to observe. He stated that several autorotations were completed without incident. However, on the final attempt the acft settled through the flare & landed hard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2756F
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2696
- Airframe hours
- 2,149
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dooley Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 29, 1984 · 60 hours before
- Airport
- PDK · Dekalb-Peachtree, runway 21, 3,378 × 150 ft, macadam
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 7,892 total · 5,686 in this make and model · 198 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 11 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.