- Date
- March 30, 1983, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Craig, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5770FAerospatiale SA 315B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16061
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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 was being used in a long line demonstration when the cable contacted a man on the ground and injured him. According to the pilot, after the acft was landed at the staging area, the field was briefed on helicopter operations for aprx 45 min. When the helicopter took off several distrations caused the ground crewmen to forget to disconnect the long line. No one noticed the line dragging on the ground until it hit the man. The ground crew had turned away from the staging area to walk to the parking lot when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5770F
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale SA 315B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2593
- Airframe hours
- 2,197
- Engine
- Turbomeca ARTOUSTE, 562 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 133
- Registered owner
- Continental Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,120 total · 178 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
Other investigations on N5770F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.