- Date
- November 13, 2018, 09:49 local (17:49 UTC)
- Place
- Newberg, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N370PAGuimbal Cabri
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20181113022499A
- Case key
- 98632
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Probable cause
The pilot under instruction's failure to maintain directional control and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.
Findings · 3
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 flight instructor in the skid-equipped helicopter reported that the purpose of the flight was to conduct an aircraft transition flight. The pilot under instruction performed a touchdown autorotation on the asphalt runway. The helicopter touched down in a level attitude just right of the centerline and then slid on its skids off the right side of the runway into grass. The helicopter spun right and rolled onto its left side. The helicopter sustained substantial damage to the main and tail rotor drive systems. Both pilots reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the helicopter that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The flight instructor in the skid-equipped helicopter reported that the purpose of the flight was to conduct an aircraft transition flight. The pilot under instruction performed a touchdown autorotation on the asphalt runway. The helicopter touched down in a level attitude and just to the right of the centerline sliding to the right on its skids. Subsequently, the helicopter slid off the right side of the runway into the grass. The helicopter spun to the right and rolled onto its left side. The helicopter sustained substantial damage to the main and tail rotor drive system. Both pilot's reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the helicopter that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N370PA
- Reported as
- Guimbal Cabri (G2)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1062
- Built
- 2014
- Airframe hours
- 1,601.3
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-J2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Precision Aviation Training, LLC
- Registered owner
- Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 27, 2018
- Departed
- 17S · Newberg, OR
- Destination
- 17S · Newberg, OR
- Airport
- 17S · Chehalem Airpark, runway 07, 2,285 × 40 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 35
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 17, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 1,552 total · 797 in this make and model · 1,377 as pilot in command · 107 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 8, 2018
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 2,950 total · 7 in this make and model · 2,860 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.45 inHg
- Observed at
- KMMV, 8 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 26, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.7 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.