- Date
- October 3, 1988, 18:30 local (Oct 4, 1988, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fontana, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1090ZHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881003044239A
- Case key
- 26266
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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
The pilot was demonstrating a run-on landing for his passenger when the accident occurred. The pilot reported that he allowed the tail of the helicopter to get too low and it collided with the terrain. There were no mechanical difficulties reported prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1090Z
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 300896
- Airframe hours
- 4,592
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Gatx Leasing Corp.
- Registered owner
- Western Helicopters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 30, 1988 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- L67 · Rialto, CA
- Airport
- Gillfilan Field, runway 27, asphalt
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 782 total · 92 in this make and model · 546 as pilot in command · 127 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.