- Date
- August 30, 1982, 10:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N403DCBell 206L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820830043339A
- Case key
- 70908
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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 pilot reported that he was making an approach to a new helipad that was still under construction when he felt a severe vibration. After landing and shutdown, he discovered that the tail rotor had struck the glass cover of a heliport perimeter light.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N403DC
- Reported as
- Bell 206L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 45032
- Airframe hours
- 3,572
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel Internationals
- Registered owner
- Daniel Internationals
- Departed
- Greenville, SC
- Destination
- Greenville, SC
- Airport
- Daniels Helipad
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 8,450 total · 1,047 in this make and model · 8,131 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- 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.
Other investigations on N403DC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.