- Date
- June 25, 1988, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Big Bear, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9350FHughes 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880625023699A
- Case key
- 26043
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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.
Analysis
While cruising, the plt perceived he was experiencing a loss of engine & rotor RPM. The plt stated that he attempted to regain RPM by autorotating. The RPM was regained in the autorotative descent. The plt elected to continue the descent to a landing. Upon touchdown the acft rolled over in the soft ground. Three days before the accident the plt was issued a rotorcraft-helicopter private pilot certificate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9350F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 045
- Airframe hours
- 2,184
- Engine
- Lycoming HI0-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Western Aviation
- Registered owner
- Western Helicopters Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 16, 1988 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- L67 · Rialto, 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 73 total · 73 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 73 in the last 90 days · 54 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 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 N9350F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.