# Incident 19890724061819I: Agusta A109, Seattle, WA, July 24, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1989, 07:00 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Harborview Medical Center Heli
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PITA
- Location: 47.6040° N, 122.3230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Harborview Medical Center Heliport (WA53), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6040&lon=-122.3230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1WC-1996-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Agusta AGUSTA A109 (registry code 0260109, https://openairdocs.org/model/agusta-agusta-a109) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTA A109
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,838 total, 138 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890724061819I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SETTLED BACK ONTO HELIPORT DUE TO LOW RPM. HIT A FENCE. AFTER FLIGHT FOUND DAMAGED TAIL BLADES.

## Other reports on N1WC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19950911028339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950911028339A), Sep 11, 1995: Agusta A109A2 (N1WC), Winslow, WA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. All indications the rotor craft was inadvertently flow into the water at cruise. Dense fog dark night factors.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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