- Date
- November 23, 1988, 12:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Chalmette, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N83109Bell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881123051869A
- Case key
- 22817
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Probable cause
The rated pilot's inadequate takeoff technique the the instructor pilot's momentary lack of judgement in having the pilot attempt a hydraulics off takeoff.
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 CFI instructed the rated pilot to make a hydraulics-off takeoff. The flight was conducted in a fixed float equipped helicopter and the takeoff was being attempted from the water. During the takeoff, the right float lifted off first and the aircraft entered dynamic rollover and rolled left, inverted in the water. Hydraulics-off takeoffs are not normally practiced from the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83109
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 938
- Airframe hours
- 16,405
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chevron U.S.A, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 4, 1988 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- NEW · New Orleans, LA
- Destination
- NONE · Chalmette, LA
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,163 total · 2,200 in this make and model · 6,329 as pilot in command · 155 in the last 90 days · 64 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NEW, 6 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.