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Helicopter trainee struck tail rotor when attempting an autorotation landing recovery after the instructor gave a simulated engine failure during takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 528851 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200111 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cbf.airport |
| State Reference | IA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : roc.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 2300 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 528851 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | faa : assigned or threatened penalties other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Student was initiating a takeoff when the instructor gave a simulated engine failure. Student overcorrected and the tail rotor struck the pavement causing incident type damage to the tail rotor.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: HELI TRAINEE STRUCK TAIL ROTOR WHEN ATTEMPTING AN AUTOROTATION LNDG RECOVERY AFTER THE INSTRUCTOR GAVE A SIMULATED ENG FAILURE DURING TKOF.
Narrative: STUDENT WAS INITIATING A TKOF WHEN THE INSTRUCTOR GAVE A SIMULATED ENG FAILURE. STUDENT OVERCORRECTED AND THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK THE PAVEMENT CAUSING INCIDENT TYPE DAMAGE TO THE TAIL ROTOR.
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.