41.7785° N, 110.5528° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Kemmerer, WY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 13, 2001 · 11:45 local
Place
Kemmerer, WY
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N530TJ
Reported as
Hughes 369FF
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.
(-23) Helicopter was in a hover deploying a seismic bag when the engine shut down. The pilot attempted to regain rotor RPM but failed and landed hard on the right skid, which collapsed causing the helicopter to roll to the right.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) HELICOPTER WAS IN A HOVER DEPLOYING A SEISMIC BAG WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN ROTOR RPM BUT FAILED AND LANDED HARD ON THE RIGHT SKID, WHICH COLLAPSED CAUSING THE HELICOPTER TO ROLL TO THE RIGHT.