- Date
- August 28, 1984, 19:20 local (Aug 29, 1984, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Bluffdale, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4992MEnstrom 280C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840828050879A
- Case key
- 16472
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt was practicing hovering over a 40 x 60 foot helicopter pad. Plt stated, a gust of wind caught the helicopter moving it off the pad and into nearby power lines. The terrain around the pad slopes down. The power lines were located aprx 125 ft from the pad and were 50 to 75 ft AGL, but only 15 ft higher than the pad. After contacting the power line the helicopter was landed in uneven terrain and rolled over. The plt did not have a rotorcraft rating although a passenger was on board.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4992M
- Reported as
- Enstrom 280C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1181
- Airframe hours
- 1,669
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-E1BD, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Debron Air
- Registered owner
- Deborah Nelson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 22, 1984
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,677 total · 1,484 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 22 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.