- Date
- January 28, 1987, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Antrim, NH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3624JHughes 269D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870128001209A
- Case key
- 30588
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a practice hover, the pilot lost directional control and the helicopter pitched up at an angle of about 20-25 degrees causing the tail rotor to contact the snow. The aircraft was substantially damaged, but there were no injuries. The CFI stated that she should have been hovering at a higher altitude over something which depth perception would not have been easily confused.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3624J
- Reported as
- Hughes 269D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- S1172
- Airframe hours
- 1,809
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-DIA, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Equitable Life Leasing
- Registered owner
- Hawthorne College
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 17, 1986 · 12 hours before
- Airport
- Hawthorme Feather
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
- 21
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 286 total · 227 in this make and model · 227 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.