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| Date: | Sunday 19 November 1989 |
| Time: | 10:20 |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12E |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-FBH |
| MSN: | 5081 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Caloundra Airport (YCDR), Caloundra, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | YCDR |
| YCDR | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
As part of a training exercise for type endorsement, the instructor pilot demonstrated an autorotational descent and a power-off landing. Following a flare for landing, the instructor was a little slow in levelling the attitude of the helicopter. The tail rotor struck the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1989/aair/aair198903821/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/28576/aair198903821.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 December 1989 | VH-FBH | 0 | Bribie Island, QLD | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Dec-2018 00:03 | Pineapple | Added |
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