- Date
- November 24, 1987, 14:28 local (22:28 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N22730Hughes 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871124067789A
- Case key
- 40760
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During practice autorotation the pilot flared excessively high and the tail boom struck the ground. The pilot then lost control of the aircraft. The density alt was 2616 feet. A rt quartering tailwind was present.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22730
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 790436
- Airframe hours
- 2,960
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Martin Kay, doing business as Rotor Wings
- Registered owner
- Martin Kay
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- runway 4, 3,270 × 65 ft
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,005 total · 1,280 in this make and model · 8,790 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.