- Date
- January 13, 1987, 07:50 local (11:50 UTC)
- Place
- So. Dartmouth, MA
- Injuries
- 7 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N300CCAgusta A109AII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870113000379A
- Case key
- 30579
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Agusta N300CC departed a helipad in front of claremont corp president's residence in south Dartmouth, Massachusetts. As the helicopter was hovering prior to moving forward, the tail rotor blade, s/n 124, failed. The tail rotor assembly and gearbox separated from the helicopter. The helicopter landed hard on the helipad collapsing all three landing gears.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300CC
- Reported as
- Agusta A109AII
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 7306
- Airframe hours
- 566
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Boston Helicopter Charter, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 26, 1986 · 45 hours before
- Destination
- S. Boston, MA
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,500 total · 256 in this make and model · 65 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.