- Date
- July 9, 1983, 10:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N500PAHughes 369HS
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830709029979A
- Case key
- 33439
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that he had made a practice autorotation with a full power recovery & was landing when the accident occurred. He said the helicopter touched down hard, tail 1st, and rocked forward. The helicopter remained upright, but the main rotors struck the tail boom as the acft rocked forward.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500PA
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 840629S
- Airframe hours
- 1,935
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 278 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pro Flight Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Pipe Fabricators, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 30, 1983 · 34 hours before
- Airport
- SGF · Springfield Regional
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,596 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 10,396 as pilot in command · 229 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF
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 N500PA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.