- Date
- March 5, 1993, 11:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Mcminnville, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9474FHughes 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930305006779I
- Case key
- 42945
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Probable cause
An inflight loss of control, and inadequate remedial action. Factors include a tailwind, and gusts.
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
At approximately ten feet AGL and ten knots forward airspeed, the aircraft, which was transitioning from a downwind hover to forward flight, rotated quickly to the right. The pilot was able to make a partial recovery, but then lost control of the helicopter. The aircraft then descended to the right, impacting the runway surface. The inspector pilot, who had rolled off a little throttle when the pilot first lost control, moved the throttle to off just prior to ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9474F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 116-0278
- Airframe hours
- 1,710
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Precision Helicopters Inc.
- Registered owner
- Precision Helicopters Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 2, 1992
- Departed
- MMV
- Destination
- 1S7 · Newberg, OR
- Airport
- MMV · Mcminnvile Airport, runway 34, 4,660 × 150 ft, asphalt
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--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 30 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N9474F · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.