- Date
- May 28, 1984, 16:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Drummond Island, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10174Bell 47G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840528018879A
- Case key
- 12628
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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
The plt had previously made 2 local flts, during which, he practiced water landings & takeoffs as well as other maneuvers. On the 3rd flt, he made several water takeoffs & landings. Then while on a landing, the helicopter began to roll quickly to the right. He applied left cyclic & up collective, but the rotor blades struck the water. The helicopter rolled inverted, but continued to be supported by the floats. The passenger suffered water injestion & was hospitalized. The plt estimated that the wind was from the northwest at 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10174
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 691
- Airframe hours
- 9,090
- Engine
- Franklin 6VS 335A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lewis P. Benua
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 30, 1983
- Departed
- Bald Island, MI
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,647 total · 47 in this make and model · 5,065 as pilot in command · 118 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.