- Date
- April 28, 1983, 20:00 local (Apr 29, 1983, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Forgan, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9484FHughes 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830428067909A
- Case key
- 20883
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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 helicopter hooked a skid and rolled over while trying to land on a trailer. The plt stated that after surveying someproperty he landed next to the trailer used for transporting the acft. He then lifted off and while hovering over the trailer a skid hooked on the trailer fender and the acft rolled over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9484F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 116029
- Airframe hours
- 2,344
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Virgil Wright
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 7, 1983 · 24 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 129 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 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.
Other investigations on N9484F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.