- Date
- May 9, 1985, 09:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Casa Grande, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N38767Hiller 12-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850509016289A
- Case key
- 24722
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Analysis
The plt was demonstrating autorotations to a touchdown on a dirt rwy into a 5 kt headwind. On the final landing he said that the touchdown felt the same as others he had done. Speed at touchdown was 15 mph and the helicopter slid forward in a straight line for a distance of about 3 helicopter lenghts. As it came to a stop the left side of the forward crossover tube failed, the left skid collapsed, and a main rotor blade struck the tail boom.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38767
- Reported as
- Hiller 12-C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1037
- Airframe hours
- 6,606
- Engine
- Franklin 6V4-200-C33, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lehman Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 6, 1985 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- CGZ · Casa Grande, AZ
- Airport
- E58 · Three Point, runway 17, 3,850 × 150 ft, dirt
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 11,140 total · 360 in this make and model · 11,000 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
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 N38767 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.