- Date
- September 1, 1991, 15:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Galloway, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9590FHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910901037589A
- Case key
- 37004
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Probable cause
Improper supervision by the flight instructor which resulted in an inadvertent ground contact and a dynamic rollover. A factor related to the accident was improper use of the flight controls by the non-rated student pilot.
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 student pilot and instructor were on their first dual flight. The student was on the flight controls when the helicopter drifted right and the right skid caught the ground. The helicopter entered a dynamic rollover. The flight instructor said he was monitoring the movements of the student, however, he said he had let the student go too FAR prior to taking corrective action.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9590F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 340285
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-DIA, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- T-Air Helicopters, Inc.
- Registered owner
- T-Air Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- GIG · Darby Dan
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,550 total · 400 in this make and model · 4,255 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.