19870513017639A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 305 · Golden, CO · May 13, 1987

Date
May 13, 1987 · 19:30 local
Place
Golden, CO
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5JM
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN87LA124
Reported as
Cessna 305
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
485 in this make and model5 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 experimental helicopter was blown into a house. The pilot was hover testing with winds gusting to 40 knots.

As the FAA filed it

THE EXPERIMENTAL HELICOPTER WAS BLOWN INTO A HOUSE. THE PILOT WAS HOVER TESTING WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 KNOTS.

NTSB investigation

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