19890614015569A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell UH-1L · Baring, WA · June 14, 1989

Date
June 14, 1989 · 11:50 local
Place
Baring, WA
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator
ZIEL
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N157LC
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA89FA111
Reported as
Bell UH1L
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total1,500 in this make and model

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What happened

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Vibration. Dropped load, hovered prior landing. Began right spin autorotated and crashed. Tail rotor gears stripped

As the FAA filed it

VIBRATION. DROPPED LOAD, HOVERED PRIOR LANDING. BEGAN RIGHT SPIN AUTOROTATED AND CRASHED. TAIL ROTOR GEARS STRIPPED

NTSB investigation

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