- Date
- February 8, 1987, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brinnon, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9076YRobinson R22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870208002399A
- Case key
- 40590
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.
Undershoot
Planned approach - misjudgedCause
TotalFactor
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Pressure induced by othersFactor
Hard landing
Terrain condition - uphillFactor
Analysis
When psgr became nauseous in flt, plt attempted downwind lndg onto pinnacle in rough terrain. Acft contacted slope short of intended point of lndg, main rotor flexed downward, severing tail boom.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9076Y
- Reported as
- Robinson R22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0275
- Airframe hours
- 3,913
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 124 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Classic Helicopter Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 4, 1987 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
N9076YRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 1990 · Robinson Helicopter R22Airframe modelRobinson Helicopter R22
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 128 total · 128 in this make and model · 99 as pilot in command · 99 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.