N896J is a 2022 Robinson Helicopter R44. It is a rotorcraft with 4 seats, powered by a Lycoming O-540-F1B5 rated at 260 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Grand Forks, ND. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Feb 2022. It has been registered to its current owner since Aug 2022. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
- 4 years old
2022
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The flight instructor reported that she was teaching her student to hover as part of a flight lesson. She transferred the flight controls to her student but continued to monitor the cyclic, collective, and tail rotor controls. The helicopter drifted aft and to the right while pitching nose up, as the student increased aft cyclic. The flight instructor attempted to correct by increasing forward cyclic but the tail struck the ground. The flight instructor stated that the helicopter began to violently vibrate, and she heard a grinding noise. As she lowered the collective, the helicopter impacted the ground, and the right skid broke off. The helicopter rolled over and came to rest on its right side, sustaining substantial damage to the main rotor system, tail boom, and tail rotor system.
The flight instructor reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operations.
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