- Date
- May 18, 1990, 11:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hilo, HI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1602NMcDonnell Douglas 369E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900518017099A
- Case key
- 26815
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Probable cause
Improper supervision and absence of assistance by the company to passengers disembarking the helicopter.
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 passengers began disembarking the helicopter upon returning from a sight seeing flight. A passenger exiting the right front door used the hand assist strap. Her reach did not enable her to hold on to the assist strap and reach the landing skid with her foot. She released the hand strap as her foot touched the landing gear skid and she slipped fracturing her ankle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1602N
- Reported as
- McDonnell Douglas 369E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0230
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 375 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation, Io
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- ITO
- Destination
- 0
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- ITO · Hilo Intl.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total · 75 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.