- Date
- November 19, 1990, 07:33 local (13:33 UTC)
- Place
- Cameron, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3536TMBB BO 105CB4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901119051039A
- Case key
- 23237
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Probable cause
The company's maintenance personnel's failure to install the cyclic interconnect tube and their failure to inspect the helicopter prior to flight.
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 lifted the helicopter off the helipad and it was observed to turn to the right. It then climbed to approximately thirty feet and nose slowly downward before it rolled to the right and descended uncontrolled to impact the terrain and several cars in an adjacent parking lot. The pilot was thrown from the cockpit when his seatbelt failed. He was not wearing a shoulder harness. Post-accident investigation revealed that company maintenance personnel had not installed the cyclic interconnect tube after the dual controls were removed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3536T
- Reported as
- MBB BO 105CB4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- S-189
- Airframe hours
- 6,057
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Rts Helicopter Leasing Corp.
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 15, 1990 · 4 hours before
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
- 48
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,848 total · 2,431 in this make and model · 5,581 as pilot in command · 268 in the last 90 days · 86 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 64 °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.