- Date
- July 6, 1990, 19:00 local (Jul 7, 1990, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N917JSSchweizer 300C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900707024999A
- Case key
- 26860
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control. A factor in the accident was his inadequate compensation for wind conditions.
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 made a precautionary landing due to a slightly high oil temperature. After five minutes on the ground he attempted to take off in a cross wind from the dry lake bed when he lost directional control and the right skid contacted soft ground and rolled over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N917JS
- Reported as
- Schweizer 300C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1355
- Airframe hours
- 274
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Meftech, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 2, 1989 · 62 hours before
- Destination
- LVK · Livermore, 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 270 total · 15 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 20 knots, gusting 15
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.