- Date
- March 17, 1978
- Place
- Ellisville, IL · ELLISVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8393FHughes 500D
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780317005739A
- Case key
- 142242
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0770 78/3/17 NR.ELLISVILLE,IL HUGHES 500D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 522 TIME - 1145 N8393F PX- 1 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRINGBAY,IL ELLISVILLE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PASSENGER WALKED INTO ROTOR BLADE WHILE DEPARTING HELICOPTER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8393F
- Reported as
- Hughes 500D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.