- Date
- February 1, 1990, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Angelo, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N25318Robinson R22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900201001409A
- Case key
- 23100
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
Inadequate preflight by the pilot by not identifying and removing the tie-down.
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 was attempting a liftoff from a trailer to flight taxi the helicopter to the flight line. He said that as he tried to come to a hover, the helicopter went into a dynamic rollover and was thrown to the ground. One of the skids was still attached to the trailer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25318
- Reported as
- Robinson R22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0602
- Airframe hours
- 1,828
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Mcentire, Ewing F., doing business as Mc Entire Ranchers
- Registered owner
- Mcentire Ranches
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 27, 1989 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- SJT
- Airport
- SJT · Mathis
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 4,250 in this make and model · 8,250 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.