- Date
- September 20, 1989, 11:36 local (15:36 UTC)
- Place
- Tuckerton, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5353VMBB BO-105CB-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890920035629A
- Case key
- 36297
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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in remedial action by delaying the pull-up from a descending maneuver.
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 entered a shallow climb & steep turn at low altitude. Although the pilot initiated a recovery, the helicopter struck the ground before he recovered. An investigation revealed no pre-existing failure or malfunction with the engine or airframe. A performance study showed the maneuver had a maximum bank of 98 degrees & a maximum altitude of 75 feet AGL. Recovery was not initiated until .5 seconds after the apex of the maneuver.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5353V
- Reported as
- MBB BO-105CB-4
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- S-709
- Engine
- Allison 250-C208, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Mbb Helicopter Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- Tuckerton, NJ
- 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 8,242 total · 4,237 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACY, 12 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.