- Date
- August 19, 1989, 07:35 local (12:35 UTC)
- Place
- Oak Grove, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5006NBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890819030409A
- Case key
- 22908
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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Probable cause
Pilot's improper emergency procedures and flare that led to a hard landing and roll over. Factors in the accident were the pilot's decision to initiate an autorotation following an undetermined event and failure to maintain directional control during the landing sequence.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5006N
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2492
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Houston Helicopters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NONE · Cameron, LA
- Destination
- NONE · Vermillion 69, GM
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 7,582 total · 1,316 in this make and model · 5,479 as pilot in command · 163 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.