- Date
- September 1, 1988, 09:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- West Cameron 28
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5747ZBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880901036579A
- Case key
- 22681
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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 pilot landed the heicopter on a drilling platform and instructed the mechanic to install only the forward tie-downs. The mechanic secured the forward and aft tie-downs and secured the forward rotor blades. When the pilot returned to the helicopter, he removed the rotor blade tie-down and the forward tie-downs, but not the aft tie-downs. After lift-off, the helicopter became airborne in a nose-high attitude, settled back on the safety fence and slid backward into the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5747Z
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3127
- Airframe hours
- 10,622
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · August 27, 1988 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- West Cameron280, GM
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 14,634 total · 8,454 in this make and model · 14,083 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 107 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- V245
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.