- Date
- October 10, 1987, 09:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2276XRobinson R-22-B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871010059149A
- Case key
- 31986
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private pilot, with an expired medical certificate and a license restricted to no carriage of passengers, took off and experienced an engine failure for undetermined causes. He did not execute an autorotation and the aircraft crashed. The pilot had also undergone quadruple coronary bypass surgery 4 months prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2276X
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22-B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0508
- Airframe hours
- 204
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2CM, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cousineau,Richard,L.
- Registered owner
- Rihard L Cousineau
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1987 · 111 hours before
- Airport
- X04 · Plymouth
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
- 76
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 204 total · 204 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2276X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.