- Date
- October 10, 1985, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Chapman, AL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7451FHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851010071339A
- Case key
- 7023
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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
During an attempted takeoff from a field adjacent to a grove of trees the aircraft was unable to climb over the trees and crashed into them. The engine was test run and although it ran rough during initial start up it later operated normally and the reason for the initial problem was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7451F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 660514
- Airframe hours
- 4,235
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 133
- Registered owner
- Rotor Wing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 15, 1985 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- Chapman, AL
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,167 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 3,095 as pilot in command · 114 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 60 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 59 °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 N7451F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.