- Date
- January 24, 1988, 15:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Rialto, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8366FHughes 369D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880124001239A
- Case key
- 25941
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Weather condition - high windFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Autorotation - misjudgedCause
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8366F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0082D
- Airframe hours
- 4,910
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Western Helicopters, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Michael Zicka Leasing Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 10, 1987 · 71 hours before
- Airport
- L67 · Rialto
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 39 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 355° at 25 knots, gusting 42
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
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 N8366F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA03LA021Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoise, IDThe failure of the operator's maintenance personnel to properly rig the left/right seat twistgrip throttles to the engine fuel control, the pilot in command's failure to adhere to the rotorcraft flight manual, and the check pilot's premature flare during the…NTSB ANC81FA082Accident · Minor injuriesClosedUmiat, AK