- Date
- February 22, 1990, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Norwood, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41AABell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900222007829A
- Case key
- 36615
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. The turbulence was a related factor.
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
During a descent to land, severe turbulence was encountered and the helicopter began to roll right. Control inputs to correct the situation were ineffective and the helicopter collided with a fence in a back yard of a residence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41AA
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1862
- Airframe hours
- 3,764
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Wiggins Airways
- Registered owner
- Aviation Specialists, Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 31, 1990 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- Auburn, MA
- Destination
- OWD · Norwood, MA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- OWD · Norwood
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,400 total · 180 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point -0 °F
- 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.