- Date
- August 25, 1984, 11:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Goleta, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9380FHughes 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840825043629A
- Case key
- 24383
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Analysis
The student plt was practicing during solo flt and collided with the ground during an aerial taxi. The student explainedthat after a normal landing he pulled enough collective to make the acft light on the skids and proceeded to taxi along the ground by advancing the cyclic control. The acft suddenly pitched foward and to the right. When the rotor blades hitthe ground the acft broke apart. An inspection showed 3 ft of the right skid was broken off. No pre-existing irregularities were observed that would have contributed to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9380F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 640096
- Airframe hours
- 1,999
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Santa Barbara Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 12, 1984 · 96 hours before
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 57 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBA, 6 nm away
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 N9380F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.