- Date
- May 27, 1989, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Swanton, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- CFBMFHughes 269A
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 36413
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control.
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.
Hard landing
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Roll over
Analysis
The pilot made an approach for landing at Swanton, Vermont and crashed on the airfield. He said that he lost tail rotor authority during the landing, landed hard and rolled over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CFBMF
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 53-0224
- Airframe hours
- 2,066
- Engine
- Lycoming HO-360-B1B, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Canada Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 24, 1989 · 4 hours before
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- Franklin City
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 72
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Day