- Date
- August 6, 1988, 06:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place
- Enterprise, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N300TWBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880806033609A
- Case key
- 40861
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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
While in cruise flt at abt 500 ft AGL, the plt stated he heard a 'ping' sound from the eng and pwr decreased to flt idle. An autorotation was attempted into a cleared upsloping area but the plt had to pull 'up' collective in order to clear a fence. A hard landing resulted, causing the main rotor to contact the tailboom. In-depth investigation of the engine failed to reveal the cause of the engine spool-down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300TW
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3090
- Airframe hours
- 1,627
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 137
- Operator
- Rambling Rotors, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Rambling Rotors, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 26, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- La Grande, OR
- Destination
- Enterprise, OR
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 15,962 total · 10,000 in this make and model · 15,780 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.