- Date
- October 28, 1988, 09:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Arcadia, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N75068Schweizer 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881028048699A
- Case key
- 32349
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After making an apch to 'the numbers' on rwy 5, the plt decelerated the helicopter & began to air taxi to the refueling area. Subsquently, while decelerating and/or while taxiing, the tail rotor collided with terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75068
- Reported as
- Schweizer 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- S1323
- Airframe hours
- 352
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Mid-State Exec. Helicopters
- Registered owner
- Mid-State Exe. Helicopters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 12, 1988 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- EMY · Fort Myers, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- X06 · Arcadia Muni, runway 5, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,871 total · 800 in this make and model · 1,805 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 36 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 N75068 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.