- Date
- August 30, 1990, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Cameron, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N59558Bell B206BIII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900830037519A
- Case key
- 23177
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to jettison the external load.
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 helicopter pilot was conducting an external load operation using a 50 feet sling line. After the helicopter lifted off the ground, the pilot initiated a left pedal turn. The sling line became fully extended and the helicopter was observed by a ground witness to drag the cargo basket across the ground. The helicopter became unstable as the pilot attempted to correct for a right roll condition. Control was lost and the helicopter descended and impacted the ground on its right side. The pilot did not use the release system to jettison the load.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59558
- Reported as
- Bell B206BIII
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1413
- Airframe hours
- 11,557
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 133
- Operator
- Evergreen Equity Inc., doing business as Evergreen Helicopters Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 30, 1989 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Holly Beach, LA
- 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,667 total · 362 in this make and model · 1,697 as pilot in command · 149 in the last 90 days · 149 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.