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| Date: | Tuesday 19 August 1997 |
| Time: | 16:45 LT |
| Type: | Bell 47G-3B-2 Soloy |
| Owner/operator: | High Country Helicopters, Inc. |
| Registration: | N2243W |
| MSN: | 6755 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7931 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-C20B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Montrose, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (KMTJ) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial-rated student pilot was practicing power recovery autorotations with a flight instructor (CFI) monitoring. The rotor rpm was allowed to deteriorate, which resulted in a hard landing. The main rotor blades flexed downward and severed the tail boom from the helicopter. Density altitude at the time was 11,300 feet.
Probable Cause: failure of the flight instructor (CFI) to properly supervise the flight and ensure that adequate rotor rpm was maintainted during the autorotation/landing. The high density altitude was a related factor.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW97LA319
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 June 1988 | N2243W | High Country Helicopters | 0 | Terry, MT | |
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| 9 September 2000 | N2243W | Aerial Application Tech. | 0 | Pine Hill, Alabama | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 11:12 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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