- Date
- September 25, 1988, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1069QBell 206L-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22450
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The rated helicopter pilot was undergoing recurrent training with an instructor at a training field. During a practice autorotation to a landing, the helicopter went into a high sink rate with a low main rotor RPM. The helicopter touched down hard in a tail low attitude. The rear portions of the skids were damaged, and the tail boom separated from the helicopter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1069Q
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 45341
- Airframe hours
- 3,526
- Engine
- Allison 250-C28B, 435 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bell Helicopter Corp.
- Registered owner
- Bell Hilicopter Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- NONE · Bhc Training Fac, runway 36, 900 × 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
- 57
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,700 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 7,600 as pilot in command · 190 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
Other investigations on N1069Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.