- Date
- March 19, 1987, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N666TVBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870319060729A
- Case key
- 22340
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Analysis
Acft was damaged during a hard landing on a roof top heliport following a partial power loss as a result of an uncommanded engine deceleration. As the acft was 40' above and 40' out from the heliport pad, the power loss occurred and the plt stretched his glide to land on the pad. The hard landing occurred as a result of decayed main rotor RPM. Examination and functional testing of the engine did not reveal the cause of the power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N666TV
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2217
- Airframe hours
- 3,970
- Engine
- Allison 250 C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Omni Flight,Inc., doing business as Omni Offshoreinc.
- Registered owner
- Omniflight Offshore Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1987 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- AUS
- Destination
- 60TA
- Airport
- 60TA · Kvue Heliport
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,743 total · 519 in this make and model · 3,454 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 4 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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