Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Chehalis-Centralia Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Chehalis, Washington 98532
Wednesday, May 5, 2004 19:20 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilots reported that while maneuvering around the airport for landing, about 1,000 feet AGL, the engine suddenly and without warning quit. The flight instructor took over the controls while the private pilot attempted to restart the engine without success. The flight instructor then entered an autorotation to an open field. About 30 feet AGL, the instructor raised the collective to cushion the landing, however, he did not apply enough right pedal control and the helicopter yawed to the left and the right landing skid hit the ground subsequently collapsing. The helicopter rolled over and came to rest on its right side. The day after the accident, the helicopter was righted. The battery was reconnected and the engine was started and run for three minutes at idle power. The helicopter was then transported to a repair facility where the engine was inspected. During the inspection, no evidence of a mechanical failure or malfunction was found. The engine was then placed in a test cell and run through several test parameters. The engine was found to meet normal test specifications.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/5/2004 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 1920 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Chehalis |
| Event State | WASHINGTON |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 98532 |
| Event Date Year | 2004 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | -- |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | -- |
| Event Location Latitude | 464058N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1225905W |
| Event Location Airport | Chehalis-Centralia |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | CLS |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0.25 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 240 |
| Airport Elevation | 173 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1845 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 354 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | OLM |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 206 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 17 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 8500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Few |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 15 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 3 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.96 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 17634 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Regional Operations Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | May 5 2004 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1945 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 28 2005 2:59PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\JOHB |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | Seattle, Washington |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N6291T |
| NTSB Number | SEA04LA078 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Robinson |
| Aircraft Model | R-22 Mariner |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 2410M |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1300 |
| Aircraft Category | Helicopter |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | May 2 2004 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 8 |
| Airframe Hours | 3855 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Richard Carter |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Port Orchard |
| Aircraft Owner State | WA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 98367 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Hillsboro Aviation |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 3565 NE Cornell Rd |
| Operator City | Hillsboro |
| Operator State | OR |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 97124 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | BFI |
| Departure City | Seattle |
| Departure State | WA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1825 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | CLS |
| Destination City | Chehalis |
| Destination State | WA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Emergency descent/landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | -- |
| User who most recently changed record | -- |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | NA |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |