- Date
- October 11, 1992, 16:34 local (20:34 UTC)
- Place
- Kitts Hill, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N249QEnstrom F-28A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921011041609A
- Case key
- 37256
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Probable cause
A hard landing due to improper use of the collective, following a wire strike due to inadequate visual lookout.
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 made a 'high and low recon' of the off airport landing area and observed wires; however, he did not observe a set of wires that crossed his final approach path. At an altitude of approx 20 feet he contacted the wires and lowered the collective to land immediately. The helicopter bounced and upon the second touchdown, the right skid collapsed and the main rotor blades contacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N249Q
- Reported as
- Enstrom F-28A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 284
- Airframe hours
- 855
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-C1A, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hi'Er Av. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hi'Er Av. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 20, 1992 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- HTW · Chesapeake, OH
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
- 44
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,750 total · 275 in this make and model · 2,571 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N249Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.