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Hughes OH-6 Cayuse/67-16119

Serial #: 67-16119
Construction #: 0504
Civil Registration:
  N6249N
  N536

Model(s):
  OH-6A Cayuse
Name: None
Status: Airworthy (2018)
Last info: 2019

History:
Delivered to U.S. Army as 67-16119.

• Assigned to B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment
• Assigned to C Troop, 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment Ruthless Riders, July 1970-March 1972.

Private Owner, 19??.

• Registered N6249N; cancelled.

Private Owner, March 22, 1999.

• Registered N536.

MG Aviation, 2003.

• On November 15, 2003 the aircraft collided with the ground during an instructional flight at Greenville Downtown Airport, Greenville, South Carolina. The helicopter sustained substantial damage.

Lancaster Helicopters Inc, Landisville, PA, August 2004-2018.

• Registered as N536.

Tropic Helicopters Inc, Oklahoma City, OK, 2019.

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NTSB Identification: ATL04LA037.
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, November 15, 2003 in Greenville, SC
Probable Cause Approval Date: 3/30/2005
Aircraft: Hughes OH-6A, registration: N536
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.

According to the certified flight instructor (CFI), while conducting an instructional flight an autorotation was performed. After the autorotation the CFI brought the helicopter to a hover, and then climbed to an altitude of approximately 200 feet for another practice autorotation. The helicopter briefly shuttered and the aft section of the tail boom separated from the airframe. The helicopter began spinning and came to rest in a thicket of pine trees. According to a witness at the scene of the practice autorotation, he recalled hearing a loud "pop" when the helicopter touched down. The CFI did not hear or feel anything unusual during or after the autorotation, and reported a normal takeoff. A survey of the first touchdown point revealed a pie shaped piece of blue metal on the ground. Further examination revealed the pie shaped piece of metal fit an area on the tail boom. Examination revealed the main rotor blades had blue paint on the tips. No mechanical or flight control malfunction s were reported by the CFI.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The pilot's improper landing flare, resulting in a hard landing and a main rotor/tailboom strike.

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