- Date
- December 31, 1982, 00:13 local (07:13 UTC)
- Place
- 11mi. So.Oftell, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2750DBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821231065499A
- Case key
- 69617
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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.
Miscellaneous/other
Terrain condition - high terrainFactor
Visual lookout - not possibleCause
Visual/aural detectionCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Judgment - improperCause
Analysis
Pilot tried to land at 12,500 foot level. In the rotorwash whiteout he lost visual cues and rotor struck the slope because the right landing gear made snow contact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2750D
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2672
- Airframe hours
- 4,527
- Engine
- Allison C-250-C20B, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- North American Helicopter Svc.
- Registered owner
- North American Helicopter Svc.
- Departed
- C · Cascade Village, CO
- Destination
- C · Cascade Village, CO
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,740 total · 2,315 in this make and model · 34 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 57 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.