- Date
- January 10, 1985, 08:05 local (12:05 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N59619Bell 206BIII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850110000529A
- Case key
- 4393
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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
Flt was being conducted to off shore oil platform. Plt was checked out for off shore operations the day prior to this accident. Plt stated visibility above 500 ft was poor & he maintained 500 ft to stay below a stratus layer. Once over the water the only visible horizon was the platforms. The helicopter contacted the water and rolled over 1 1/2 miles off shore. The life raft was secured to the chin bubble and was lost when the bubble separated during impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59619
- Reported as
- Bell 206BIII
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1681
- Airframe hours
- 5,051
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 400 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Alaska Helicopters,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 22, 1984 · 74 hours before
- Departed
- Nikishka, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 13,350 total · 85 in this make and model · 8,650 as pilot in command · 104 in the last 90 days · 51 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ENA, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.