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NTSB investigation record

IAD98GA110

Completed

Hughes Oh-6A· N234ZM

Date
September 25, 1998
Location
Newark, TX
Conditions
VMC
Record
Completed

Primary finding

Probable cause

Failure of the Instructor Pilot to control the helicopter's rate of descent during a demonstrated autorotation. Contributing to the accident were the Operator's lack of: a. Instructor Pilot standardization procedures, and b. Specific or adequate flight demonstration procedures and techniques for both instructor and transition pilots.

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