- Date
- November 10, 1992, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Elf Point Camp, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N21424Bell 206B III
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19921110051049A
- Case key
- 5851
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged clearance and dragged an external load longline cable while landing.
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 helicopter which was dragging a longline cable, snagged a stump with the cable during an approach to a landing site. The helicopter collided with ground damaging landing skid mounting structure and striking the tail rotor. The company did not notify the FAA or NTSB before transporting the helicopter by vessel for repair. The company mgmt told NTSB that 'they determined it was not reportable because of limited damage.' Manuacturer's reps and FAA airworthiness inspectors confirmed subsantial damage. Company mgmt told NTSB that it was simply a case of dragging a longline while landing, (something that) occurs in the logging business.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21424
- Reported as
- Bell 206B III
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3466
- Airframe hours
- 9,673
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 133
- Operator
- Rmh Aerologging, Inc, doing business as Rmh, Inc
- Registered owner
- Rmh Aerologging, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 31, 1992 · 23 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,600 total · 215 in this make and model · 2,900 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots, gusting 35
- Temperature
- 32 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N21424 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.