- Date
- June 3, 2021, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N41GSchweizer TH55A/269A
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of tail rotor effectiveness
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-BTR FSDO
- FAA report
- 20210603006589A
- Case key
- 103220
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain yaw control during landing which resulted in a loss of tail rotor effectiveness.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that on short final to land, the helicopter lost tail rotor authority and the helicopter began an uncommanded right yaw. He attempted to recover and landed on a grass area which resulted in a hard landing. The fuselage and skids sustained substantial damage. The pilot noted on his report of the accident that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions of the helicopter that would have precluded normal operations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41G
- Reported as
- Schweizer TH55A/269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 291097(67-16990)
- Built
- 1969
- Airframe hours
- 10,324
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-B1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- CMG Helicopters
- Registered owner
- CMG Helicopters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 12, 2020 · 77 hours before
- Airport
- MLU · Monroe Rgnl
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 2,620 total · 12 in this make and model · 2,210 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Observed at
- KMLU
- METAR
- SPECI KMLU 031723Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/18 A3002 RMK AO2 T02670178=
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 15, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.