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Old October 16th 04, 03:48 PM
Chuck
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Default Helicopter "imcident" question

I was looking through http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/iirform.htm and found that
a helicopter had an "incident" during takeoff. It says that it became "nose
heavy" and that the tail rotor struck the ground.

Would this be a typo, or am I just thinking wrong? I would think that if it
was "nose heavy", the *nose* would hit the ground.


IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 7423F Make/Model: H269 Description: HUGHES H269C
Date: 10/10/2004 Time: 1600

Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Minor

LOCATION
City: MINERVA State: OH Country: US

DESCRIPTION
A HUGHES 269C ROTORCRAFT, N7423F, ON TAKEOFF HOVER, WENT NOSE HEAVY AND
TAIL ROTOR DUG INTO THE GROUND, MINERVA, OH



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