# Accident 19830714031459A: Kaman HH43FCHOPPER, Clermont, FL, July 14, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1983, 07:44 local time
- Place: Clermont, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 28.5241° N, 81.7236° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clermont, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5241&lon=-81.7236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57996, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57996-2014-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kaman HH-43F (registry code 4800708, https://openairdocs.org/model/kaman-hh-43f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KAMAN HH43FCHOPPER
- Reported engine: LYC T5311B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA83FA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830714031459A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

REPORT INDICATES MAIN ROTOR TRANSMISSION SECTION SEPARATED WHILE IN HOVER FLIGHT. CAUSE OF SEPARATION NOT DEFINED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA83FA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA183), Jul 14, 1983: Kaman H-43B (N57996), Near Clermont, FL, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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