- Date
- July 21, 1988, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sandwich, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7425FHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880721027249A
- Case key
- 13857
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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 plt rprtd that while he was conducting spraying opns, he noted a significant loss of eng power. He made a run-on landing in a bean field. As he landed, the left skid dug into a furrow & the helicopter rolled over. During the investigation, which included an eng teardown, no reason was found for the loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7425F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 860532
- Airframe hours
- 1,833
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Harold E. Miller, doing business as Harold'S Helicopter Service
- Registered owner
- Greg Storlie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Special flight (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 21, 1988 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- Sandwich, IL
- Airport
- C48 · Sandwich
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 200 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.