- Date
- August 31, 1989, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Parkersburg, WV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N58281Hughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890831033129A
- Case key
- 11528
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent use (movement) of the collective control during engine operation before shutdown, and a subsequent lift-off, loss of control, roll over, and collision with the ground.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58281
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1180734
- Airframe hours
- 7,895
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Omni Flight Aircraft Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 29, 1989 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- BTP · Pittsburg, PA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- PKB · Wood County
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,854 total · 144 in this make and model · 1,067 as pilot in command · 145 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 11 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PKB
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 N58281 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.