- Date
- February 20, 1986, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Charles, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N425EHMBB BO-105-CBS
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22133
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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 helicopter was simulating a single eng landing on an area marked to the size of an offshore helideck. The acft touched down hard enough to attract the attention of several witnesses. The crew continued with the training but later on post flt exam they discovered structural damage had been done to the stringers and skin near the lndg skid attach points.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N425EH
- Reported as
- MBB BO-105-CBS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 551
- Airframe hours
- 3,331
- Engine
- Allison C-20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Era Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 10, 1986 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- LCH
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- LCH · Lake Charles
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,979 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 7,593 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LCH, 1 nm away