- Date
- July 27, 1983, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Venice, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2268XBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830727040639A
- Case key
- 21006
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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 acft landed hard during an autorotation landing. The plt said he could not control the engine RPM with RPM switch onthe collective or the manual throttle control. N2 tended to go over 100 percent. The plt notified his company and planned for an autorotation on a grass strip. The plt stated that he rolled off throttle at 2100 ft AGL and 110 KTS. At about 10 ft AGL with full right pedal applied the acft continued yawing left and impacted the ground. A high side governor failure was suspected by the operator to be the cause of the plts inability to control N2 RPM. Post accident inspection failed to reveal any malfunctions. The acft was repaired and returned to service.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2268X
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3607
- Airframe hours
- 1,510
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20J, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Petroleum Helicopters Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · July 23, 1983 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- South Pass 62b, GM
- Destination
- South Pass 62a, GM
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- 7R1 · Venice
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
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,283 total · 699 in this make and model · 2,039 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 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.