- Date
- July 3, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Eden Prairie, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9487FHughes 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840703029839A
- Case key
- 12681
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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
The CFI stated that while practicing a pedal turn the student pilot suddenly applied back cylic causing the tail rotor to contact the ground. The main rotor then contacted the ground and the helicopter rolled over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9487F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 270313
- Airframe hours
- 2,219
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul Dagnon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 29, 1984 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- FCM · Eden Praire, MN
- Airport
- FMC · Flying Cloud, runway 36, 2,991 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 791 total · 219 in this make and model · 620 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FCM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9487F · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.