- Date
- December 28, 1983, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vermillion 255b
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2145CBell 206B III
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831228074359A
- Case key
- 21238
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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.
Propeller/rotor contact to person
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Analysis
While waiting for passengers to board the helicopter the plt heard and felt something hit the tail rotor. The eng was immediately shut down and it was revealed that a passenger had walked into the tail rotor. The passenger was was well experienced in helicopter operation at the site and had not followed established walkways to the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2145C
- Reported as
- Bell 206B III
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3456
- Airframe hours
- 1,618
- Engine
- Allison 250C20B, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Petroleum Helicopters Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,109 total · 979 in this make and model · 3,541 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.