TROUTDALE, OR, USA
N56AD
HUGHES 369HS
THE FLT ORIGINATED AT THE PLT'S RESIDENCE 20 MI SOUTH OF THE TROUTDALE ARPT. THE PLT STATED THE PURPOSE OF THE FLT WAS TO REFUEL THE ACFT SINCE HE FIGURED HE HAD ABOUT 8 GALS OF FUEL ON DEPARTURE. AS THE ACFT APPROACHED THE GROUND AT ABOUT 50 FT AGL THE PLT EXECUTED WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE FLARE MANEUVER AT THE BOTTOM OF AN AUTOROTATION. THE ACFT THEN SUDDENLY FELL VERTICALLY TO THE GROUND, BOUNCED ABOUT 10-15 FT, THEN FELL BACK TO THE GROUND & ROLLED OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. NO FUEL WAS ON BOARD.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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