- Date
- May 12, 1988, 22:00 local (May 13, 1988, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Reidsville, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N101UCAerospatiale AS-355-F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880512015299I
- Case key
- 7638
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Rotor system,main rotor blade - fatigueCause
Rotor system,tail rotor blade - separationCause
Maintenance - improperFactor
Maintenance,recordkeeping - inadequateFactor
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101UC
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale AS-355-F
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 5186
- Airframe hours
- 2,608
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20F, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Silver Star Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · May 4, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- Grundy, WV
- Destination
- Durham, NC
- Airport
- NC14 · Rockingham County, runway 31, 5,200 × 100 ft, asphalt
N101UCRegistration cancelled Jun 26, 2000 · Aerospatiale AS 355 F ECUREUILAirframe modelAerospatiale AS 355 F ECUREUIL
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 350 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N101UC · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC97LA058Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWashington, PAThe malfunction of a cyclic servo which resulted in a cyclic hard over at a hover.NTSB SEA92LA029Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBillings, MTThe unlatching and subsequent opening inflight of the left-rear engine cowl door. A factor contributing to the accident was the failure of company maintenance personnel to execute the manufacturer's service bulletin.