- Date
- March 24, 1988, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Agawam, MA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N352BTBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880324006429A
- Case key
- 36116
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 pilot was on approach to landing from the south at about 2,000 yards from his pad. Speed was about 65 knots and was about 500 feet from the ground when the pilot said he had a flashback and doesn't remember what happened, the helicopter rolled over while landing and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N352BT
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 260
- Airframe hours
- 2,308
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 278 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph B.Mendes
- Registered owner
- Air And Ground Trans. Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1987 · 112 hours before
- Departed
- Newington, CT
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 312 total · 201 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.