Hughes 300C N3625B

Summary

On 17 June 1987 at about 15:30 local time, a Hughes 300C registered N3625B, operated by Eagle Air Helicopter, Inc., was involved in an accident near Aurora, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 June 1987 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Aurora, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Aurora Muni (ARR)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Hughes 300C

Registration

N3625B

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Eagle Air Helicopter, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI87LA150

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE THE STUDENT & INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WERE ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLT, A DECISION WAS MADE TO PRACTICE AN AUTOROTATION & SIMULATED TAIL ROTOR FAILURE. RPRTDLY, A SMOOTH TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE, BUT THE HELICOPTER BEGAN TO VIBRATE. THE CFI ELECTEDTO GET THE HELICOPTER AIRBORNE AGAIN, BUT STATED THAT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RPM TO MAINTAIN FLT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE HELICOPTER MADE TWO 360 DEG TURNS TO THE RGT & CONTACTED THE GROUND. NO PREIMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE HELICOPTER WAS RPRTD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.