- Date
- August 2, 1988
- Place
- Braceville, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N9522FMcdonnell Douglas 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880802030149A
- Case key
- 13959
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Probable cause
Conducting maneuvering flight the PIC failed to monitor the helicopter systems and allowed the main rotor RPM to decay to the point where it would not produce enough lift to sustain flight.
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
- N9522F
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 58-0364
- Airframe hours
- 1,112
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sportflight Helicopter Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sportflight Helicopter Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 18, 1988
- Departed
- ARR · Aurora, IL
- Destination
- ARR
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
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 178 total · 178 in this make and model · 137 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Observed at
- ARR
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 N9522F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.