- Date
- November 13, 1986, 16:30 local (Nov 14, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Winlock, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1089DHughes 369D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861113075579A
- Case key
- 40567
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Analysis
The plt was loading xmas trees from a farm to a truck. He had just released a load and was en route back to the pickup area when the empty long-line sling contacted treetops. The sling rebounded into the tail rotor & damaged the gear box which resulted in loss of control. The plt initiated an autorotative landing, but the helicopter touched down hard.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1089D
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 510966D
- Airframe hours
- 2,791
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 375 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 133
- Registered owner
- Chris L. Soloy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1986 · 91 hours before
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 10,080 total · 1,111 in this make and model · 9,690 as pilot in command · 101 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °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 N1089D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.