- Date
- March 19, 1984, 22:00 local (Mar 20, 1984, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Supply, NC
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8782FHughes 269
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840319006859A
- Case key
- 6427
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt and passg stated that as the flt approached Supply, NC, the wx conditions deterioriated and the helicopter encountered a fog bank. The passg recalled that the visibility reduced completely and visual contact with the ground was lost. The plt decided to fly east toward the ocean and decended to a lower altitude hoping for better wx. The acft struck a tree and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8782F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0107
- Airframe hours
- 783
- Engine
- Lycoming HO-360-B1B, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- South Carolina
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 3, 1984 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- Georgetown, SC
- Destination
- Wilmington, NC
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 469 total · 58 in this make and model · 320 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 11 knots, gusting 10
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ILM
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8782F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.