- Date
- August 11, 1989, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marys Home, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N43BLBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890811029199A
- Case key
- 34847
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the helicopter.
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 said he was increasing power for takeoff, and had attained about 38-42%. The helicopter was becoming light on the skids, then rolled over on it's right side. The helicopter had landed in a level field. Post accident investigation revealed no malfunction of the flight controls nor any other mechanical malfunction. In his report the pilot also stated there were no malfunctions in the helicopter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43BL
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3964
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20J, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brown Aviation
- Registered owner
- Brown Aviation, Inc
- Departed
- MO07 · Lake Ozark, MO
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 46
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 8,133 total · 140 in this make and model · 7,626 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- JEF, 20 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.