- Date
- November 16, 1992, 09:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Camp Verde, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- CGGLFHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 27867
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Probable cause
The pilots intentional maneuvering flight at a altitude inadequate to ensure terrain clearance.
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 canadian pilot and his wife were touring the country with another couple who also had a helicopter, both being trailered. The accident helicopter had a video camera taped to a skid. Witnesses reported seeing the helicopters doing a low level run towards rising terrain. The accident helicopter was observed to hit its tail boom skid on the ground. The tail boom then separated from the helicopter and was located some distance behind the main wreckage. The cockpit and forward fuselage tumbled end over end once and came to rest. The pilot refused to discuss the accident circumstances or file a report with FAA inspectors or the safety board. The helicopter wreckage was removed without authorization by unknown persons to an unknown location.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGGLF
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 108-1000
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George P. Leloup
- Registered owner
- George P. Leloup
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificates
- Private, Foreign
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 14,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC, 30 nm away