- Date
- September 5, 1982, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Eden, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N90744Robinson R22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820905044349A
- Case key
- 70548
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Analysis
The pilot reportd that he lifted off to a three foot hover, checked his instrument readings, then took off. He reported climbing to 15 feet to clear some bushes and two fences that were in his flight path. As he approached the first fence, the helicopter was hit by a strong gust of wind causing the nose to turn right. The rotor RPM decayed and the helicopter descended and hit the second fence, then rolled over on its left side. The pilot estimated that the wind was gusting to 15 KTS, the temperature was 90 degrees and the elevation was 2000 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90744
- Reported as
- Robinson R22
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 0250
- Airframe hours
- 136
- Engine
- Lycoming O-324-B2C, 124 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Meredith W. Price
- Registered owner
- Meredith W. Price
- Departed
- Eden, TX
- Destination
- Eden, TX
- Airport
- Private Heliport
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 208 total · 97 in this make and model · 149 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.