# NTSB CHI88IA217: Bell 206L, N295CK, Indianapolis, IN, August 19, 1988

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: August 19, 1988, 19:16 local (23:16 UTC)
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 10, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14001
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88IA217
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14001/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88IA217

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Near collision between aircraft, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - atc clearance - not understood, pilot in command (cause)
  - traffic advisory - inadequate, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - inadequate, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: N295CK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 45044
- Airframe hours: 2807
- Engines: ALLISON 250-C20B 420 horsepower turbo shaft
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Superior Training, Inc., doing business as Superior Training, Inc.
- Registered owner: Has Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 3, 1988, 69 hours before
- Departed: PVT, INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Airport: IND, Indianapolis Intl, runway 22R, 10,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 10,558 total, 620 in this make and model, 10,400 as pilot in command, 88 in the last 90 days, 34 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: IND, 1 nm away

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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