- Date
- December 28, 1986, 16:00 local (Dec 29, 1986, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Matlock, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9365FHughes 269
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40576
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Landing gear,skid assembly - foreign objectCause
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During takeoff the aircraft nosed over inverted and then struck the ground. The pilot found after the accident that a strap had hooked under the skid of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9365F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 44-0074
- Airframe hours
- 2,093
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brad Wilson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 7, 1986
- Departed
- Matlock, WA
- Destination
- SHN · Shelton, WA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,757 total · 1,307 in this make and model · 51 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F