- Date
- October 16, 1988, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Castroville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9092TContinental Copters OH13H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881016057069A
- Case key
- 26173
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During aerial application by helicopter, engine power was lost. Plt maneuvered to avoid power lines during autorotation, resulting in hard lndg. Investigation revealed failure of accessory drive to magnetos.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9092T
- Reported as
- Continental Copters OH13H
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- CCI-78-4
- Airframe hours
- 3,716
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435-A1D, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Gomes, Frank, doing business as Gomes Farm Air Service
- Registered owner
- Gomes Farm Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1988 · 81 hours before
- Departed
- Castroville, 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 102 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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 N9092T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.