# Accident 19890920035629A: Bolkms BO105C, Tuckerton, NJ, September 20, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1989, 11:36 local time
- Place: Tuckerton, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5922° N, 74.3331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tuckerton, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5922&lon=-74.3331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5353V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5353V-1990-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter Deutschland BO 105C CB-4 (registry code 5626024, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-bo-105c-cb-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BO105C
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 8,242 total, 4,237 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89FA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890920035629A

## Narrative

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

ACROBATIC PRACTICE. FAILED TO TIMELY RECOVER FROM NEGATIVE G CLIMB AND TURN APEX. HAD BEGUN RECOVERY AT IMPACT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC89FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89FA220), Sep 20, 1989: MBB BO-105CB-4 (N5353V), Tuckerton, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DELAY IN REMEDIAL ACTION BY DELAYING THE PULL-UP FROM A DESCENDING MANEUVER.

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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