- Date
- May 11, 1988, 18:40 local (May 12, 1988, 01:40 UTC)
- Place
- Prineville, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N751AMHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880511014039A
- Case key
- 40816
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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
The pilot reduced power for landing and a high sink rate developed. The pilot attempted to increase power to correct the sink rate but got no response. Rotor rpm's were diminishing, so the plt lowered the collective to regain rpm's. the pilot elected make an autorotation. The pilot held the helicopter in a flare until airspeed was exhausted. At about 5 feet AGL the helicopter descended vertically until it struck the ground, breaking off the right skid. The helicopter then rolled onto its right side striking the main rotor blades.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N751AM
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1280741
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeannie Dent
- Registered owner
- Jeannie Dent
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RDM · Redmond, OR
- Destination
- S39 · Prineville, OR
- Airport
- S39 · Prineville
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 284 total · 209 in this make and model · 178 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.