- Date
- June 3, 1987, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Vancouver, WA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9606FHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870603018439A
- Case key
- 40635
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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.
Analysis
During a practice run-on landing the aircraft started to vibrate violently and an almost simultaneous fire occurred. Both pilots and an eyewitness stated that the run on landing was very smooth. Both pilots stated that something mechanical let loose during the landing. Since the destruction of the aircraft by the fire was so severe, examination and metallurgical analysis was not conclusive.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9606F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 30009
- Airframe hours
- 11,198
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Henry M. Ross
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 30, 1986 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- 60S · Vancouver, WA
- Airport
- 60S · Pearson Airpark, runway 26, 3,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 356 total · 140 in this make and model · 284 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.