- Date
- February 4, 1987, 20:00 local (Feb 5, 1987, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Angleton, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N767ALSikorsky S-76A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870204001699A
- Case key
- 22231
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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
Shortly after tkof, the plt contacted his company (opns) & said he had inadvertently enctrd IFR conds. He asked opns to relay info to him fm the apch plate for the ILS rwy 17 apch to brazoria county arpt. After rcvg the info, he contacted houston apch ctl & asked for the ILS. Vectors were provided & he was clrd for the ILS; however, he was unable to get established on the apch. Three atmts were made with the last being a no-gyro apch. Drg this time, simultaneous radio contact was maintd with apch ctl & opns. His gnd speed varied fm 106 to 28 KTS. Just bfr the acdnt, he said, '. . . I'vegot an altitude problem,' then after a short delay, he stated '. . . I am going to crash.' The wreckage was fnd aprx 1 mi nw of the outer marker, scattered ovr a 2445' area. There was evidence the main rotor blades had hit the tail boom & radome & sepd in flt. One blade had a preexisting crack, but blue paint matching the tail boom was fnd on the blade. THE1950 CDT wx at galveston (32 mi ene), was in part: 400' ovc, 3 mi vis with fog & haze, wind fm 080 deg at 18KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N767AL
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-76A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 760030
- Airframe hours
- 5,589
- Engine
- Allison 250-C30S, 650 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Logistics,Inc.
- Registered owner
- First Security Bank Of Utah
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 26, 1987 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- TA86 · Freeport, TX
- Destination
- LBX · Angleton, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LBX · Brazoria County, runway 17, 6,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,468 total · 1,245 in this make and model · 6,468 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 80° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLS, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.