NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CEN24LA005
Registry · N354MH
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
HELICOPTERES GUIMBAL CABRI G2
Year of manufacture
2016 · 7 years old at event
TCDS
R00005RD · HELICOPTERES GUIMBAL
Engine
LYCOMING O-360-J2A (145 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20160829
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3F4C4
Registrant of record
PRECISION LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
The student pilot’s failure to maintain helicopter control which resulted in impact with the ground.
Factual narrative
The operator reported that the student pilot had completed three solo touch and go landings and was returning to land on the ramp. While approaching the parking area, he was distracted by two aircraft on the ramp, and the helicopter began an uncontrolled yaw. The student pilot lowered the collective and arrested the yaw, but as the helicopter entered ground effect, he raised the collective, and the uncontrolled yaw resumed. The helicopter impacted the ground and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, main rotor, and tail rotor. The operator reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the helicopter that would have precluded normal operation. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12
NTSB Findings
Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).
- — Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Student/instructed pilot
- — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-(general)-Not attained/maintained
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_2023_CEN24LA005.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
Full investigation docket on
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