- Date
- August 2, 1989, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N75044Schweizer 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890802026779A
- Case key
- 36449
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an unknown reason. A factor related to the accident was: water in the emergency landing area.
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
Shorlty after departing penns landing heliport at pier 38, which was 20 feet above the water, the helicopter crashed into the water and was substantially damaged. It was recovered from the water & the water and mud were removed. After several attempts, the engine ran normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75044
- Reported as
- Schweizer 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- S1287
- Airframe hours
- 1,343
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Atlantic Leasing Ser.,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Atlantic Leasiing Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 21, 1989 · 10 hours before
- Destination
- UKT · Quakertown, PA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 2,250 as pilot in command · 220 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.