Bölkow BO-105C accident near Dallas, Texas, September 7, 1988
On September 7, 1988 at about 5:20 pm local time, a Bölkow BO-105C (helicopter), registered N210BB, was substantially damaged in an accident near Dallas, Texas (Dallas Love airport). It was a business flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 7, 1988 · about 5:20 pm local time
- Place
- Dallas, Texas · Dallas Love · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Bölkow BO-105C
- Registration
- N210BB · registry record · serial 63
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE HELICOPTER MADE ITS APPROACH TO AN OPEN AREA ON THE WESTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT TO GO TO A REFUELING AREA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT CHANGED HIS MIND AND DECIDED TO GO TO THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. HE RECEIVED TOWER APPROVAL BUT WAS TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, FOR TRAFFIC. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY AND EXECUTED A QUICK STOP. DURING THE QUICK STOP, THE HEEL OF THE SKIDS CONTACTED THE GROUND HARD ENOUGH TO BOUNCE. DURING THE POST-FLIGHT, DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND ON THE TAIL BOOM.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: helicopter; instrument: airplane; instrument: helicopter; rotorcraft: helicopter
- Flight time: 6,937 hours in all; 477 in this make and model; 62 in the last 90 days; 10 in the last 30 days; 5,562 as pilot in command; 541 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: rgt
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 5,226 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, July 27, 1988; 78 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 5,291 lb
- Seats: 5
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Allison 250-C20B (turboshaft); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: TS80 Dallas TX at 5:15 pm
- Destination: Kilgore TX
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 82°F (28°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 5:55 pm from DAL
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 3 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number FTW88DPA07.