- Date
- March 14, 1988, 05:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Arvin, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N59368Bell UH-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880314026319A
- Case key
- 25741
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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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Electrical system,generator - not engagedFactor
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - not possibleCause
Light condition - dark nightFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59368
- Reported as
- Bell UH-1B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 448
- Airframe hours
- 8,159
- Engine
- Lycoming T53-L-11D, 900 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- San Joaquin Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 1988 · 907 hours before
- Departed
- Mettler, 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
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,746 total · 916 in this make and model · 2,978 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.