- Date
- May 22, 1990, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bremerton, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8888FHughes 269A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900522021459A
- Case key
- 41198
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Probable cause
Failure of the tail rotor control for an undetermined reason.
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 on final apch over a lake for landing at a pvt residence, the pilot experienced binding t/r controls and loss of anti-torque control. He reduced throttle to maintain heading and the acft settled into water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8888F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 63-0231
- Airframe hours
- 2,305
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eric P. Bass
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1990
- Departed
- PWT · Bremerton, WA
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 824 total · 109 in this make and model · 649 as pilot in command · 66 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWT, 5 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.
Other investigations on N8888F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.