- Date
- September 29, 1985, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- North Padre 967
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N305ALBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850929048249A
- Case key
- 21858
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 helicoter was attempting to take off with a rope still attached to the forward fuselage tiedown. A witness stated that the nose of the aircraft rotated down as the tail lifted to a near vertical attitude. The pilot inflated the floatsbut the aircraft rolled inverted after water impact. He escaped and swam to a raft but had sustained back injury during the impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N305AL
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 001968
- Airframe hours
- 8,628
- Engine
- Allison 250 SER, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air Logistics, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · September 5, 1985 · 37 hours before
- Destination
- North Padre 956, GM
- Airport
- North Padre 967
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
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,118 total · 205 in this make and model · 1,523 as pilot in command · 187 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 25 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.