- Date
- February 10, 1991, 11:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place
- Valdez, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5413DMBB BO-105-CBS-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910210001909A
- Case key
- 5518
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Was the pilot-in-command's failure to properly use the approval checklist, improper procedures and directives.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Approximately 30 minutes after takeoff one engine quit. The pilot elected an emergency landing in the water. Examination of the helicopter wreckage revealed the pilot did not turn on the 4 fuel pumps prior to takeoff as required by the aircraft flight manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5413D
- Reported as
- MBB BO-105-CBS-4 (BO-105-CBS)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 5786
- Airframe hours
- 3,472
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Heli-Lift, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Heli-Lift, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 31, 1991 · 58 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificates
- Private, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,779 total · 295 in this make and model · 2,589 as pilot in command · 143 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.