Sep 15, 2021
Accident
Substantial Romeo, MI
InjuriesNone
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsVMC
OperationFAR 091
Probable Cause
The flight instructor’s failure to reposition the fuel control to the flight detent during a practice autorotation, which resulted in insufficient engine power to arrest the helicopter’s decent and a hard landing.
NTSB CEN21LA431