- Date
- July 28, 1988, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ashland, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9033FHughes 369HS
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880728028269A
- Case key
- 13907
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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Analysis
As the helicopter was taking off, there was a loss of rotor RPM which was accompanied by a loss of fuel flow to the eng. The plt aborted the takeoff, but during touchdown, the main rotor blades flexed downward & severed the . Tail boom. An inspn of the eng revealed a 'b' nut on an air line between the governor & fuel control unit was cracked & loose, which permitted system leakage.
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
- N9033F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 8901078
- Airframe hours
- 2,167
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 400 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Alfred L. Baker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 20, 1988 · 287 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 300 in the last 30 days · 14 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 63 °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.