- Date
- August 10, 1983, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Spring House, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1093YHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830810039719A
- Case key
- 35249
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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
The helicopter rolled over during a practice demonstration autorotation landing. The CFI was at the controls with the student following through. According to the instructor the student overrode the controls just prior to touchdown with too much cyclic. The tail rotor struck high grass and the helicopter rolled right onto its side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1093Y
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1045
- Airframe hours
- 725
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Horsham Valley Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 1, 1983 · 650 hours before
- Departed
- N48 · Horsham, PA
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 820 total · 400 in this make and model · 740 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N1093Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.