- Date
- October 7, 1986, 14:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Forest Grove, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N986GCHughes 269A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861007048359A
- Case key
- 40550
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Analysis
Plt was overflying filbert orchard to shake nuts off trees with rotowash. Plt allowed rotor RPM to decay in a down wind turn 10 feet AGL. Acft collided with trees, then ground, and rolled over.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Rotor rpm - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N986GC
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 105-0402
- Airframe hours
- 5,780
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth Lincoln
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 7, 1986
- Departed
- H10 · Hillsboro, OR
N986GCRegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2017 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 656 total · 128 in this make and model · 514 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.