- Date
- March 9, 1985, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Center Village, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5125UHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850309008139A
- Case key
- 13024
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While the student plt practiced hovering 8 to 12 inches AGL the heel of the right skid contacted the ground. The CFI stated he did not notice the helicopter drifting or descending but when the ground contact was felt he took over the controls. Up collective and left cyclic was applied but the right skid contacted the ground once again. The skid dug into the soft sod and the helicopter rolled over to the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5125U
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 110097
- Airframe hours
- 2,860
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terry F Baumberger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 18, 1984 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- CMH · Columbus, OH
- Airport
- OII · Agust Acres
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
- 61
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 54,523 total · 1,057 in this make and model · 49,279 as pilot in command · 688 in the last 90 days · 43 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.