- Date
- October 15, 1985, 19:15 local (Oct 16, 1985, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mccordsville, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73550Bell H13G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851015067259A
- Case key
- 13345
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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 helicopter rolled over after the main rotor blades contacted the terrain during an attempt to land from a hover. The plt had a student plt airplane certificate at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73550
- Reported as
- Bell H13G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 771
- Airframe hours
- 3,768
- Engine
- Franklin UNK, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J F Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1985 · 121 hours before
- Airport
- Brookside
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 53 total · 26 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
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 N73550 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.