- Date
- August 21, 1988, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7028VHughes 269A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880821034519A
- Case key
- 36220
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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 CFI was demonstrating a departure autorotation to a prospective student. A high rate of descent with low airspeed and low rotor RPM developed and the CFI attempted a power recovery with no results. The acft touched down hard, the skids collapsed and the helicopter rolled over. The plt did not report any mechanical problem but did mention that shifting winds might have been encountered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7028V
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 760622
- Airframe hours
- 4,002
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-8IA, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas E. Barney
- Registered owner
- Mark Parker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1988 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- N40
- Destination
- N40
- Airport
- N40 · Sky Manor
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,500 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 5,320 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
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 N7028V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.