- Date
- October 1, 1990, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Anadarko, OK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N381FMcdonnell Douglas 369E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901001043509A
- Case key
- 23279
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain proper visual lookout prior to and during departure.
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
Prior to departure from an unimproved helicopter landing pad the pilot failed to assure required clearance from obstacles positioned along his route of departure. The helicopter struck a single electrical power line resulting in loss of control due to the control rods being severed. A forced landing was performed by reducing the engine power, however, controllability with collective or cyclic was not available. The helicopter impacted the ground sliding right and turning left resulting in it rolling on its right side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N381F
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas 369E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0288E
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Oklahoma City
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- OKC · Oklahoma City, OK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,269 total · 1,445 in this make and model · 3,083 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OKC, 50 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.