- Date
- January 17, 1993, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Lantana, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N117TVBell 206B-III
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930117000529A
- Case key
- 33217
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to assure that the helicopter was properly positioned on the landing platform.
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.
Roll over
Proper touchdown point - not attainedCause
Analysis
While the helicopter was landing on a wheeled landing platform, and after the pilot had reduced engine power to idle, the right skid slipped off the platform & the helicopter rolled over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N117TV
- Reported as
- Bell 206B-III
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2400
- Airframe hours
- 2,985
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Coastal Helicopters, Inc.
- Registered owner
- First Jersey Securities
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 12, 1992 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- FXE · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,134 total · 2,937 in this make and model · 3,074 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 6 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.