- Date
- January 20, 1982, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bondurant, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7402FHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820120001669A
- Case key
- 70002
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he became disoriented in a white out condition due to blowing snow during a landing attempt. He then lowered the collective to stop the blowing snow and the left side of the helicopter broke through the crust of a four foot thick snow cover. The aircraft rolled over. Six inches of snow had recently fallen.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7402F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 650412
- Airframe hours
- 2,232
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Jim Tomash
- Registered owner
- Discover Air Of Columbus Nb
- Departed
- Bondurant, WY
- Destination
- Bondurant, WY
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 1,630 in this make and model · 2,800 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.