- Date
- June 17, 1987, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3625BHughes 300C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870617020649A
- Case key
- 13780
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While the student & instructor (CFI) were on an instructional flt, a decision was made to practice an autorotation & simulated tail rotor failure. Rprtdly, a smooth touchdown was made, but the helicopter began to vibrate. The CFI electedto get the helicopter airborne again, but stated that there was insufficient RPM to maintain flt. Subsequently, the helicopter made two 360 deg turns to the rgt & contacted the ground. No preimpact failure or malfunction of the helicopter was rprtd.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3625B
- Reported as
- Hughes 300C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 51175
- Airframe hours
- 1,297
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle Air Helicopter, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hud Helicopter, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 30, 1986 · 97 hours before
- Airport
- ARR · Aurora Muni, runway 18, 3,199 × 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 493 total · 493 in this make and model · 467 as pilot in command · 81 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.