# NTSB Accident MIA02LA070
> **Hughes 269C** · 2002-03-24 · Bessemer, AL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA02LA070
- **Event ID:** 20020326X00399
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-03-24
- **Location:** Bessemer, AL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.312778, -86.926109
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Hughes
- **Model:** 269C
- **Registration:** N7490F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The failure of the flight instructor to adequately monitor the student's rotorcraft control, resulting in an abrupt cyclic input causing a tail rotor strike of the terrain while entering a hover, and the resulting rollover during an uncontrolled descent.

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