# NTSB Accident LAX00TA186
> **McDonnell Douglas 500N** · 2000-05-08 · LOS ANGELES, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX00TA186
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21054
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-05-08
- **Location:** LOS ANGELES, CA, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** McDonnell Douglas
- **Model:** 500N
- **Registration:** N955SD
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The combined failure of the operator management and the check pilot to ensure the landing area was suitable for the slide on landing.  Factors were the high vegetation that entangled the skids, resulting in the abrupt stop and nose down movement of the helicopter, and the training pilot's inappropriate response to the nose pitch down.

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