19870421061429A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell UH-1B · Bay Minette, GA · April 21, 1987

Date
April 21, 1987 · 09:30 local
Place
Bay Minette, GA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator
GHSL
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N88987
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL87LA121
Reported as
Bell UH1B
Reported engine
Lycoming T53L11D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total3,500 in this make and model270 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The helicopter lost engine power during hover, landed in a marsh and rolled over. Turbine compressor had failed.

As the FAA filed it

THE HELICOPTER LOST ENGINE POWER DURING HOVER, LANDED IN A MARSH AND ROLLED OVER. TURBINE COMPRESSOR HAD FAILED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.