<< >> NASA ASRS Report 367561, May 1997

Hard landing in an AS350 astar helicopter creates some damage to aircraft during a training session in automatic rotation techniques.

Attributes
ACN	367561
Time
Date	199705
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ffz
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	AS 350 Astar/Ecureuil
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	367561
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

During autorotation training, aircraft made hard landing causing wrinkles to tailboom/cabin area. No injuries to crew or ground personnel. No damage to personal or public properly. All damage confined to helicopter tailboom and cabin area. Landing was made to a vacant parking lot in remote desert area while practicing autorotation lndgs. I was transition training a helicopter pilot from a jet ranger to an AS350B/astar helicopter. We misjudged pitch pull ht and made a hard landing. FAA notified, aircraft trucked out!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HARD LNDG IN AN AS350 ASTAR HELI CREATES SOME DAMAGE TO ACFT DURING A TRAINING SESSION IN AUTO ROTATION TECHNIQUES.

Narrative: DURING AUTOROTATION TRAINING, ACFT MADE HARD LNDG CAUSING WRINKLES TO TAILBOOM/CABIN AREA. NO INJURIES TO CREW OR GND PERSONNEL. NO DAMAGE TO PERSONAL OR PUBLIC PROPERLY. ALL DAMAGE CONFINED TO HELI TAILBOOM AND CABIN AREA. LNDG WAS MADE TO A VACANT PARKING LOT IN REMOTE DESERT AREA WHILE PRACTICING AUTOROTATION LNDGS. I WAS TRANSITION TRAINING A HELI PLT FROM A JET RANGER TO AN AS350B/ASTAR HELI. WE MISJUDGED PITCH PULL HT AND MADE A HARD LNDG. FAA NOTIFIED, ACFT TRUCKED OUT!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.