- Date
- February 20, 1987, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dayton, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N90327Bell 206B-III
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870220004429A
- Case key
- 40595
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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Analysis
Plt lifted off with fertilizer bucket on 3-FT external hook. As fwd motion commenced, acft settled slightly, dragging bucket on ground and tipping it over. Plt attempted to recover by backing up, but skid caught on bucket, causing loss of control.
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
- N90327
- Reported as
- Bell 206B-III
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1867
- Airframe hours
- 3,441
- Engine
- Allison 250 C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- R. Gary Knight
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 1986 · 10 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,850 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 4,800 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALW, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.