- Date
- November 11, 1986, 09:16 local (15:16 UTC)
- Place
- Galveston, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N16772Bell 206L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22299
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Planning/decision - poorCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityFactor
Weather condition - unfavorable wind
Performance data - not usedFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Roll over
Analysis
The plt was attempting to hover in a tailwind of 35 KTS which exceeded the acft manufacturers performance limitiations for operations in allowable relative wind. The plt lost control of the acft on lift-off. The acft rolled over and came to rest on its right side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16772
- Reported as
- Bell 206L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 45100
- Airframe hours
- 8,856
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 250 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Petroleum Helicopter Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 29, 1986 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- GLS · Galveston, TX
- Airport
- GLS · Scholes Field
N16772Registration cancelled Jun 7, 2013 · Bell 206LAirframe modelBell 206LEngine modelAllison 250 SER 400HP
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 12,219 total · 3,388 in this make and model · 11,989 as pilot in command · 82 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 22 knots, gusting 29
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLS