- Date
- May 18, 1991, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tarpon Springs, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N10MYHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910518017059A
- Case key
- 32873
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Probable cause
Delay by the pilot-in-command to apply adequate throttle & collective during transition off a dock for a takeoff over a lake. Contributing to the accident was his lack of total experience in the type operation.
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 raised the helicopter to a 3 ft hover over a dock & while transitioning to fwd flt over a lake, the helicopter began to descent. He stated that he pulled the collective control & applied throttle to stop the descent but the skids contacted the water. He then rolled the helicopter on its right side to stop the main rotor blades & both occupants exited the acft. The eng was started & found to operate normally after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10MY
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 270569
- Airframe hours
- 3,157
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- M.Y. Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- M.Y. Flying Service, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 1991 · 6 hours before
- Destination
- X49 · Mulberry, 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 685 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.