- Date
- January 2, 1991, 14:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Deland, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9574FHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910102000869A
- Case key
- 32809
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Probable cause
Failure of the commercial pilot applicant to pull collective pitch and delay by the check airman to pull collective and apply power to recover, resulting in a hard landing.
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
During a commercial plt check ride, the check airman reduced the throttle to idle to simulate an eng failure. The applicant entered an autorotative landing & was advised that the maneuver would be completed to a 3-foot hover. At 6 ft AGL, the applicant did not pull collective pitch nor apply power. The CFI took control & applied collective pitch & power but the descent continued & the helicopter touched down, bounced, was recovered to a hover, & landed with no further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9574F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 340288
- Airframe hours
- 7,300
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-01A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Maverick Helicopters, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Maverick Helicopters, Inc.
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 10, 1990 · 99 hours before
- Airport
- DED · Deland Mun-Taylor Field
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 180 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 14 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.