- Date
- May 3, 1984, 14:31 local (18:31 UTC)
- Place
- Trammel, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99LCBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840503073709A
- Case key
- 6274
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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 acft collided with static wires attached to an electrical transmission line while cruising at low alt, crashed and burned near hwy 63. The plt was thrown from the acft before it burned. The plt said he never saw the wire he hit. He had been employed as a plt by the company for only about 10 days as a temporary replacement for the regular plt who was on vacation. Company personnel said that they had warned the plt about the wires.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99LC
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2060
- Airframe hours
- 3,312
- Engine
- Allison 250C20, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lambert Coal Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 23, 1984 · 12 hours before
- Destination
- Nora, VA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,160 total · 58 in this make and model · 1,980 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TRI, 33 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.