- Date
- September 5, 1984, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cokeville, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8266Aerospatiale 316B Alouette III
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840905051679A
- Case key
- 16479
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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 plt stated that he lost tailrotor control while maneuvering for a landing. He elected to return to Cokeville airport and make the landing. The plt executed an aitorotation to the runway and during the landing flare, the tail skid struck the runway, straightning the acft. The acft landed hard and rolled over. Post crash exam of the wreckage revealed that a seperation had occurred in the tailrotor control cable. The cable was examined and bore evidence of having been cut by a blunt instrument.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8266
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale 316B Alouette III (316B ALOUE)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1772
- Airframe hours
- 35,547
- Engine
- Turbomeca ARTOUSTE IIIB, 562 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aero Systems, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- U06 · Cokeville, runway 33, 4,900 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 7,643 total · 1,959 in this make and model · 7,414 as pilot in command · 265 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.