- Date
- January 17, 1988, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sun City, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N90165Robinson R22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880117000799A
- Case key
- 25936
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.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionCause
Visual lookout - inadequateFactor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Loss of control - in flight
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90165
- Reported as
- Robinson R22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0014
- Airframe hours
- 3,699
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Neil R. Stamp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 13, 1988 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
N90165Registration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Robinson Helicopter R22Airframe modelRobinson Helicopter R22Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 11,392 total · 109 in this make and model · 11,090 as pilot in command · 183 in the last 90 days · 71 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N90165 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.