- Date
- March 8, 1986, 13:43 local (21:43 UTC)
- Place
- Lodi, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7688VCallair A-9B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860308006529A
- Case key
- 24972
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot was returning to Lodi airport after aerial application when the engine lost oil pressure. The engine seized, and a forced landing was made in a vineyard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7688V
- Reported as
- Callair A-9B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1434
- Airframe hours
- 2,322
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-G1C5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Killion Air Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 4, 1986 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- 103 · Lodi, CA
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 750 in this make and model · 4,300 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7688V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.