19820521018029A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47G-2 · Santa Maria, CA · May 21, 1982

Date
May 21, 1982 · 10:00 local
Place
Santa Maria, CA
Airport
Northside
Phase of flight
To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N130V
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82DA186
Reported as
Bell 47G2
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total2,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot hooked a skid on a service truck platform on takeoff. Helicopter experienced a dynamic rollover and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HOOKED A SKID ON A SERVICE TRUCK PLATFORM ON TAKEOFF. HELICOPTER EXPERIENCED A DYNAMIC ROLLOVER AND CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.