- Date
- September 1, 1982, 08:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Louisville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8982FHughes 269C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820901043269A
- Case key
- 71499
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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 received a weather briefing before taking off on an aerial traffic patrol for a local radio station. He was issued a special VFR clearance to follow a pre-established route. However, after departing, he encountered thunderstorm activity. He returned to the departure airport and hovered until the thunderstorm activity subsided. After about 30 minutes, the pilot departed again, but was unable to conduct the flight as planned. With the weather deteriorating, he received clearance to another airport. When he was about one mile from the airport, the visibility was report as 1/2 mile. He reported that when he was about 100 ft AGL, he turned northeast into the wind to get close to the boundry road and fence and to get visual references. Also, he stated that the visibility through the bubble was distorted by the heavy downpour and bubble fog. While attempting a hover landing, he touched down, tail low, moving rearward. The rear part of the skids and the tail rotor hit the ground and control was lost.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8982F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0190
- Airframe hours
- 6,094
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Helicopter Inc.
- Registered owner
- Helicopter Inc.
- Departed
- Louisville, KY
- Destination
- Louisville, KY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Standiford Field, runway 19, grass/turf
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 7,883 total · 2,102 in this make and model · 7,476 as pilot in command · 342 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 17 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 160 °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.
Other investigations on N8982F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.