- Date
- March 26, 1983, 19:48 local (Mar 27, 1983, 00:48 UTC)
- Place
- Wauseon, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62268Aerospatiale 316B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830327009909A
- Case key
- 12121
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Analysis
The helicopter was involved in a hard landing while engaged in a patient pickup flight for st. vincent hospital. The pilot, doctor and nurse aboard were not injured. The pilot reported the wind at departure 25 miles away was 10 knots. However he estimated the wind velocity at the accident site at 25 to 30 knots. The helipad was located on the leeward side of the health center for fulton county. As the aircraft descended for landing through 75 feet AGL the pilot said the rate of descent increased from 500 fpm to 3500 fpm. He added power and flared at 10 feet AGL but still touched down hard on sloping terrain right gear first. Subtantial damage was done to the right main gear strut and center frame of the fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62268
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale 316B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2046
- Airframe hours
- 4,908
- Engine
- Artouste 111 B, 838 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- St.Vincent Hospital, doing business as Lifeflight, Inc. [Ems]
- Registered owner
- Rocky Mountian Helicopters Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Toledo, OH
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,128 total · 952 in this make and model · 67 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL, 25 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 N62268 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.