- Date
- May 28, 1991, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brewster, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90307Bell 206BII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910528018779A
- Case key
- 41320
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's selection of unsuitable terrain for the emergency simulation.
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 bell 206-BII touched down during a simulated power failure after takeoff, sustaining substantial damange when the skids dug into soft sand. The tail boom was wrinkled and its skins cracked. There was evidence of a spike knock and the rear crossmember for the skids shifted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90307
- Reported as
- Bell 206BII
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1747
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- D & E Storage
- Registered owner
- D & E Storage
- Airport
- S-97 · Anderson Field
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 600 in this make and model · 9,500 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.
Other investigations on N90307 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.