- Date
- September 10, 1987, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oakley, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1038XBell 47-G3B2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870910058949A
- Case key
- 17307
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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 had just taken off from a confined area surrounded on two sides with electrical power lines. As he attempted to climb, he said his RPM began to bleed off. He stated that he made a right pedal turn to avoid the wires but was unable to prevent a hard landing which resulted in substantial damage to the helicopter. The density alt was 11,677 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1038X
- Reported as
- Bell 47-G3B2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 6720
- Airframe hours
- 3,740
- Engine
- Lycoming TVO-0435-G1A, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Knight Hawk Helcopters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 1986 · 12 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,330 total · 150 in this make and model · 125 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.