- Date
- May 30, 1984, 15:18 local (20:18 UTC)
- Place
- Venice, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5777JAerospatiale AS 355 F Ecureuil
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840530026409A
- Case key
- 21361
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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 plt landed to secure a seat belt flapping on the outside of the fuselage. The area chosen for landing was soft and the acft began to settle into the mud. The plt initiated takeoff and when the acft freed itself from the mud it started spinning. The plt said he lowered collective and the acft descended. Upon ground contact it rolled over. Plt recommendedlanding on only known good surface for precautionary landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5777J
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale AS 355 F Ecureuil (AS 355 F E)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 5050
- Airframe hours
- 1,271
- Engine
- Allison 250C20F, 250 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air Logistics Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 25, 1983 · 113 hours before
- Departed
- Venice, LA
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,586 total · 164 in this make and model · 3,149 as pilot in command · 163 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °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.