- Date
- April 21, 1982, 15:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Lowell, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8059FHughes 269A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820421010469A
- Case key
- 71504
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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.
Analysis
During the first solo flight in a helicopter the pilot was instructed to make three normal takeoffs and landings. On the second landing, when the aircraft came to a hover, the back of the skid struck the ground during a drift-back. The helicopter rolled and impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8059F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 56-054-9
- Airframe hours
- 4,077
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-B1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Grand Rapids School Of Bible
- Registered owner
- Grand Rapids School Of Bible
- Departed
- 24C · Lowell, MI
- Destination
- 24C · Lowell, MI
- Airport
- 24C · Lowell City, runway 24, 1,675 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 396 total · 12 in this make and model · 218 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.