- Date
- December 6, 1990, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Pierce, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2756PBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901206065779A
- Case key
- 32800
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Probable cause
The incorrect cyclic control input by the student during the touchdown autorotation landing and failure of the CFI to correct this before the helicopter touched down.
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
While performing a touchdown autorotation at about 3 ft AGL, the student initiated cushioning collective pitch & leveled the helicopter. At aprx 1 ft AGL, the student applied aft cyclic control & the helicopter touched down on the aft portion of the skids. The instructor & student applied fwd cyclic control & the helicopter rocked back & forth several times before coming to rest. No control input was made by the CFI before impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2756P
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2655
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight Safety Int'L, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Flt Safety International Inc
- Airport
- FPR · St. Lucie Cnty Int'L
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- FPR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.