- Date
- August 5, 1992, 09:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean)
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N36225Schweizer 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920805029139A
- Case key
- 27716
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection by failing to untie the front skid tiedown rope.
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 beginning a local fish spotting flight from a fishing vessel. Prior to departing he failed to untie the right front skid tiedown rope during the preflight and attempted to liftoff with the right front skid tied down. The helicopter rolled to the right and the main rotor blades struck the fishing vessel's flight deck.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36225
- Reported as
- Schweizer 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- S1592
- Airframe hours
- 184
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Ching Fong Fisheries Inc.
- Registered owner
- Trans Global
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000 · 184 hours before
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,255 total · 1,715 in this make and model · 2,031 as pilot in command · 96 in the last 90 days · 62 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °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.