25 Jun 2025: AMERICAN EUROCOPTER CORP AS350B3 — US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY — San Luis, AZ
Probable cause
The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to properly recover the helicopter during an autorotative landing and the instructor pilot’s failure to intervene, which resulted in a hard landing.
— NTSB Determination
Contributing factors
Instructor/check pilotStudent/instructed pilotEffect on equipmentDescent rate — Not attained/maintained