- Date
- January 26, 1984, 17:05 local (Jan 27, 1984, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Buffalo, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4507CHughes 369HS
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840126077089A
- Case key
- 16325
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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 lost power a few minutes after takeoff and made a forced landing. The acft had been refueled from a fuel truck shortly before takeoff. Samples of fuel from the acft and the fuel truck were examined and found to contain water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4507C
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 450733S
- Airframe hours
- 2,589
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 278 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Soloy Heliops
- Registered owner
- Slana Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 19, 1984 · 9 hours before
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 2,400 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point -0 °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 N4507C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.