N9339F
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- September 23, 1984Accident
THE ACFT CRASHED DURING AN ATTEMPTED PRACTICE AUTOROTATION AFTER POWER WAS APPLIED TO EFFECT A RECOVERY. THE CFI, ON THEFLT, STATED THAT HE NOTICED THAT THE STUDENT WAS GOING TO OVERSHOOT AND INSTRUCTED HIM TO MAKE A POWER RECOVERY AT 100 FT AGL. HE SAID THAT THE ACFT SHUDDERED AND ENTERED A HIGH SINK RATE. BY THE TIME THE CFI TOOK THE CONTROLS, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE ROTOR RPM WAS BELOW THE PROPER RANGE AND DECAYING. THE ENGINE RPM WAS NOTED TO BE NEAR ZERO. THE CFI REPORTED THAT HE THEN 'BOTT