- Date
- October 17, 1984, 21:00 local (Oct 18, 1984, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grosse Ile, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N9034FHughes 500
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841017057559A
- Case key
- 12935
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Sequence of events
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Miscellaneous/other
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Analysis
Plt attempted to start helicopter with main rotor blades tied down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9034F
- Reported as
- Hughes 500
- Category
- Helicopter
- Airframe hours
- 3,134
- Engine
- Allison 250, 375 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Randall F. Guttridge
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1984
- Departed
- 2G5 · Grosse Ile, 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,110 total · 1,017 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N9034F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.