- Date
- July 27, 1984, 12:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Healy, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7889SBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840727041019A
- Case key
- 4327
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt was attempting to land the helicopter on terrain which had a slight slope. Before the aircraft was completely on the ground the plt decided to move the acft & the right skid caught in the tundra causing the acft to roll over to the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7889S
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 72
- Airframe hours
- 8,473
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Steve Smith, doing business as Ak Helicopters Inc
- Registered owner
- Alaska Helicopter Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 13, 1984 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- Denali, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,900 total · 2,160 in this make and model · 2,140 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.