- Date
- September 8, 1990, 18:40 local (Sep 9, 1990, 01:40 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N80750Robinson R-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900908038449A
- Case key
- 26919
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate passenger briefing, and his failure to provide proper assistance to the exiting passenger.
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.
Propeller/rotor contact to person
Passenger briefing - not performedCause
Proper assistance - not performedCause
Analysis
The pilot landed and deplaned a passenger with rotors idling. Without assistance, the passenger exited to the right and walked into the tail rotor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80750
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1316
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 131 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Novo Helicopters Service
- Airport
- LGB · Long Beach, runway 30, 10,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Flight hours
- 375 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- LGB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.