- Date
- October 10, 1989, 12:29 local (17:29 UTC)
- Place
- High Island 474 (Gulf of Mexico)
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3889WBell 206B-III
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891010039559A
- Case key
- 23060
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Probable cause
The pilot's attempted takeoff with one tie-down strap still attached to the helicopter which resulted from an inadequatepreflight inspection of the aircraft.
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.
Roll over
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Tie down - not correctedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3889W
- Reported as
- Bell 206B-III
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3570
- Airframe hours
- 7,651
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Logistics, Incorporated
- Registered owner
- Fondilier, Samuel I
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 29, 1989
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- NONE · High Island A-474-A
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,313 total · 1,354 in this make and model · 5,153 as pilot in command · 244 in the last 90 days · 81 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.