19830106002239A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 212 · Tigvariak, AK · January 6, 1983

Date
January 6, 1983 · 19:30 local
Place
Tigvariak, AK
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SAIA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2150S
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC83LA029
Reported as
Bell 212
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,320 total2,000 in this make and model17 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.

Flew into ground during a hover approach to an oil rig site. No ground lights and rotor blowing snow.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO GROUND DURING A HOVER APPROACH TO AN OIL RIG SITE. NO GROUND LIGHTS AND ROTOR BLOWING SNOW.

NTSB investigation

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