- Date
- July 8, 1991, 21:00 local (Jul 9, 1991, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N333FCBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910708061249A
- Case key
- 32935
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain the proper descent rate resulting in a hard 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 helicopter was 4 miles west of an arpt when the fuel pump warning light illuminated due to undetermined reasons. The plt landed hard resulting in damage to the tailboom.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N333FC
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1763
- Airframe hours
- 3,746
- Engine
- Allison 250-C18, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Skyline Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Skyline Aviation, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 13, 1990 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- MCO · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- SUA · Stuart, FL
- Airport
- VRB · Vero Beach Municipal
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 3,500 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 1 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 N333FC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.