- Date
- January 18, 1988, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bowie, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N61DRAerospatiale SA-341G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880118001059A
- Case key
- 25938
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 encounter with weather
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - snowFactor
Weather evaluation - poorCause
Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical
Compressor assembly - stall
Throttle/power control - improper use ofCause
Forced landing
Autorotation - performed
Roll over
Terrain condition - uphillFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61DR
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale SA-341G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1391
- Airframe hours
- 2,409
- Engine
- Astazou IIIA, 592 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Redman, Don L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 1987 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- Lordsburg, NM
- Destination
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
N61DRRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 1991 · Aerospatiale SA341G GAZELLEAirframe modelAerospatiale SA341G GAZELLE
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,250 total · 160 in this make and model · 2,850 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 5 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.