- Date
- October 22, 1982, 17:00 local (Oct 23, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gonzales, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1105BHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821022054969A
- Case key
- 70846
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Distance - misjudgedCause
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Analysis
The pilot reported that when he returned to land, he elected to practice an autorotative landing. During the landing, the helicopter touched down hard and the main rotor blades flexed downward and hit the tail boom.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1105B
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1030
- Airframe hours
- 75
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnny Violini
- Registered owner
- Johnny Violini
- Departed
- Gonzales, CA
- Destination
- Gonzales, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 154 total · 128 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.