- Date
- May 25, 1984, 13:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Honolulu, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N211EHHughes 369D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840525075759A
- Case key
- 24281
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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.
Analysis
The helicopter experienced a tail rotor failure shortly after departing the airport on a VFR local sling loading flt. The plt stated that, 'at approx 500 ft asl on climb out experienced sudden, severe vibration. Made a 180 degree turn to return to airport & started a rapid descent. At about 200 ft turned back into wind for autorotation landing to taxi-way h. had no tail rotor control at this point so elected to make a running landing on taxiway.' Investigation revealed an inflt failure of the tail rotor after the leading edge abrasion strip had become de- tached. Examination revealed evidence of a cohesive failure the manufacturing process.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N211EH
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 380288D
- Airframe hours
- 2,175
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 375 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Royal Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 22, 1984 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Airport
- HNL · Honolulu Intl
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,650 total · 1,308 in this make and model · 96 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HNL
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 N211EH · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.