- Date
- March 31, 1983, 15:17 local (23:17 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N595HEnstrom F-28C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830331010559A
- Case key
- 23665
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The rated airplane plt was endorsed for local solo flts in the helicopter & was practicing autorotative landings. He stated that during a landing, he flared late & allowed the tail & tail rotor to impact the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N595H
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 372
- Airframe hours
- 1,960
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-E1AD, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond Eagle Salvage
- Registered owner
- Golden Eagle Salvage
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 10, 1982 · 40 hours before
- Airport
- CNO · Chino, runway 21, 6,200 × 150 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 624 total · 46 in this make and model · 526 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO
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 N595H · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.