- Date
- June 22, 1985, 13:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Ship Shoal Blk
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1086QBell 206L-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850622027239A
- Case key
- 21778
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot had landed on the offshore platform and was in the process of repositioning the helicopter to one side of the landing pad to provide additional space for another aircraft when the main rotor blades struck a 3' steel sign post. Theblade separated into three pieces. This caused a severe out-of-balance condition of the main rotor system and resulted in the transmission being pulled out of the airframe and the upper portion of the cabin and the tail boom separation from the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1086Q
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 45431
- Airframe hours
- 5,699
- Engine
- Allison 250C-28B, 435 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Offshore Logistics, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 15, 1985 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- Shp Shoal Blk, GM
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,875 total · 1,073 in this make and model · 5,875 as pilot in command · 181 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.