- Date
- February 22, 1991, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ldl-By-The-Sea, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N210FHFairchild Hiller FH-1100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910222003409A
- Case key
- 32824
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Probable cause
Tail rotor blade failure due to undetermined reasons and unsuitable terrain during a precautionary landing.
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 plt stated that one of the passengers began loading film in a camera & during a turn, heard a noise & felt a shock & high frequency vibration.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N210FH
- Reported as
- Fairchild Hiller FH-1100
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 210
- Airframe hours
- 9,183
- Engine
- Allison 250-C18BR, 275 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Interjets, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Interjets, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 21, 1991 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- FXE · Fort Lauderdale, FL
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 13,910 total · 456 in this make and model · 190 in the last 90 days · 42 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL, 9 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.