- Date
- October 9, 1986, 15:41 local (19:41 UTC)
- Place
- Gahanna, OH
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N52705McDonnell Douglas 369E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861009048439A
- Case key
- 7257
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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
The helicopter had been conducting a series of demo flts during the day & was on the last scheduled flt of the day. To drop off the local plt who had requested the demo flts, when the loss of power occurred. They had made a take off over the taxiway & turned to the north as directed by the twr. They were over a housing area north of the arpt when the eng out and low rotor warning system sounded. The local plt, who had made the take off & was at the controls, told the demo plt that he was to take control of the acft. He stated that the start button was on the left set of controls. The demo plt was able to clear the housing area but the acft hit very hard in the median of a divided highway. The acft crossed the south lanes and stopped in the grass at the edge of the road. It was destroyed by fire. Examination revealed a loose 'b' nut on the p/c line to the fuel control unit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52705
- Reported as
- McDonnell Douglas 369E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 189E
- Airframe hours
- 36
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CMH · Columbus, OH
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 35 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.