- Date
- January 23, 1982, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- 36 Sw Laramie, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1085TBell/Textron 206 L-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820123001859A
- Case key
- 69648
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After a precautionary landing on a road due to snow, wind and reduced visibility the pilot tookoff when he decided conditions had improved. Shortly after takeoff the visibility worsened and during the execution of a 180 degree turn the pilot stated the engine loss power. With the altitude too low for autorotation the pilot landed straight ahead. During the landing a skid broke and the aircraft rolled over. No preimpact malfunction or failure of the aircraft's engine were determined during the subsequent investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1085T
- Reported as
- Bell/Textron 206 L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 45376
- Airframe hours
- 1,199
- Engine
- Allison 250-C28B, 435 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Occidental Oil-Shale, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Occidental Oil-Shale, Inc.
- Departed
- GJT · Grand Junction, CO
- Destination
- 3V5 · Ft. Collins, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 10,305 total · 176 in this make and model · 10,046 as pilot in command · 145 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 40 knots
- Temperature
- 54 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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