- Date
- November 9, 1984, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hogansville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N505WWHughes 369HS
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841109061419A
- Case key
- 6705
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A deplaning passenger walked into the rotating tail rotor. The passenger had been walked away from the acft by the plts brother but she returned on her own and was struck by the tail rotor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N505WW
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 150698S
- Airframe hours
- 1,621
- Engine
- Allison 250C20, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Superior Contractor And Assoc.
- Registered owner
- Lanier & Lanier, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1984 · 25 hours before
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,360 total · 210 in this make and model · 2,150 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 40 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.
Other investigations on N505WW · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.