- Date
- July 3, 1984, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- E Brake Blk 397
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N222PVBell 222UT
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840703029849A
- Case key
- 21387
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Terrain condition - loose objectsCause
Foreign objectCause
Directional control - not possibleCause
Autorotation - performedFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - building(nonresidential)
Analysis
While in a hovering approach to land on the deck of an oil platform in the gulf of Mexico a piece of plastic sheeting flew up from the platform into the tail rotor blades. The aircraft then slid in to a building on the deck following a hovering autorotation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222PV
- Reported as
- Bell 222UT
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 47510
- Airframe hours
- 168
- Engine
- Lycoming LTS-101-750C1, 684 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Pumpkin Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 2, 1984 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- CRP · Corpus Christi, TX
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- 74 · Penrod
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,656 total · 19 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRP, 100 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.