- Date
- March 2, 1982, 09:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Mustang Blk A11
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 5 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1080SBell 12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820302001479I
- Case key
- 71807
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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
While the helicopter was at flight idle waiting for the next load of passengers to board, a passenger, who had been trained in helicopter safety, walked into the rotor blades. The passenger was attempting to pass behind the tail rotor when he was struck in the head.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1080S
- Reported as
- Bell 12
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 32121
- Airframe hours
- 2,657
- Engine
- P&W PT6T-3, 500 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Petroleum Helicopter'S Inc
- Registered owner
- Petroleum Helicopter'S Inc
- Departed
- Mustang Blk A11, GM
- Destination
- Ingleside Tx
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,864 total · 184 in this make and model · 3,637 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 144 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.