N8911F is a Hughes 269A. It is a rotorcraft with 2 seats, powered by a Lycoming HO-360 rated at 180 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Titusville, FL. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Dec 1963. It has been registered to its current owner since Mar 2023. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
2023
1963
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The flight instructor reported that he was demonstrating a 180° autorotation for his passenger into an open field off airport grounds. Nearing the end of the maneuver, prior to touchdown, he failed to recover engine power in a timely manner which resulted in the rapid decay of the rotor rpm at low altitude; this resulted in a hard landing that subsequently caused the main rotor blades to make contact with the tail boom and severed the tail rotor driveshaft. The helicopter sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and the main rotor blades. The pilot reported that there were no pre accident mechanical malfunctions with the helicopter that would have precluded normal operation.
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