- Date
- November 12, 1988, 08:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Port Gamble, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2460PRobinson R-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881112050289A
- Case key
- 40956
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Analysis
Foreign national pilot was obtaining helicopter instruction. On solo flt to practice lndgs in unimproved terrain, touched down on stump with one skid and rolled over. Plt cited temporary pwr loss during approach. Investigation found no engine malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2460P
- Reported as
- Robinson R-22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0586
- Airframe hours
- 1,024
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2C, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Classic Helicopters, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Classic Helicopter Corp.
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 26, 1988 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 225 total · 70 in this make and model · 72 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 56 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAE, 13 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.