- Date
- January 7, 1986, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N67102Aerospatiale SA319B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860107006069A
- Case key
- 22108
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Rotor system,main rotor hub lead-lag stop/damper - failure,partialCause
Rotor system,main rotor blade - vibrationCause
Forced landing
Autorotation - performed
Analysis
The main rotor blades struck the tail boom after liftoff and vibration was violent. When the plt heard metal contact he pulled off the throttle and made an autorotation landing from about 4 ft AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67102
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale SA319B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2187
- Airframe hours
- 6,128
- Engine
- Turbomeca ASTAZOU XIVB, 858 lbs thrust, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Rocky Mountain Helicopters, doing business as [Ems]
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- Mcalester, OK
- Airport
- Hillcrest Medical Center
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 11,300 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 8 knots, gusting 12
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.