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| Date: | Sunday 20 July 1986 |
| Time: | 18:20 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | Dell York Development Corp. |
| Registration: | N1109T |
| MSN: | 1200856D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 989 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-C20B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Houston, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
REPORTEDLY THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTING THE CO-PILOT IN QUICK STOP MANEUVERS, WHEN THE HELICOPTER'S TAIL BOOM AND AFT SKIDS STRUCK THE GROUND ON DESCENT. THE HELICOPTER TAIL BOOM WAS BENT 2 FEET FORWARD OF THE TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX AND BOTH AFT SKIDS WERE BROKEN. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS IN A STATIONARY HOVER WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD BANG WHICH CAUSED THE HELICOPTER TO SPIN AND COLLIDE WITH THE GROUND. HOWEVER. THE FAA INSPECTOR AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT STATED THEY WERE PRACTICING QUICK STOPS AND THAT HE COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE OF ANY MECHANICAL FAILURE.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW86LA135
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 July 1983 | N1109 | Interdrill Oil & Cas Corp. | 0 | Kemah, TX | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 28-Mar-2024 10:53 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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