- Date
- April 2, 1988, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Silver Plume, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N72590Aerospatiale SA316B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880402007769A
- Case key
- 17358
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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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Rotorcraft flight control,mixing unit - separationCause
Rotorcraft flight control,mixing unit - fatigueCause
Rotorcraft flight control,collective control - inoperativeFactor
Forced landing
Autorotation - initiated
Emergency procedure - performed
Gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - collapsed
Landing gear,main gear shock absorbing strut - collapsed
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72590
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale SA316B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1509
- Airframe hours
- 8,164
- Engine
- Artouste 3B, 858 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Rocky Mountain Helicopters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · March 22, 1988 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- Breckenridge, CO
- Destination
- Denver, CO
N72590Registration cancelled May 19, 1995 · Sud SA316B ALOUETTE IIIAirframe modelSud SA316B ALOUETTE III
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,850 total · 42 in this make and model · 4,690 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N72590 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC83FA244Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportPittsburgh, PAThe helicopter was on a flt to transport an acutely ill patient from one hospital to another. The aircrew consisted of a plt & two flt nurses. During arrival at the destination, the plt began an apch to an athletic field that was surrounded by tall bldgs & a…NTSB NYC83LA028Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWest Mifflin, PAPilot turned aircraft into the wind to perform power check. Approximately 3-5 ft above the ground the pilot reportedly began receiving feedback through the cyclic. Moderate then severe vibration of the airframe was reported. Aircraft yawed 90 degrees left and…