- Date
- January 6, 1982, 07:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N608RAAerospatiale SA-316B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820106000329A
- Case key
- 71555
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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.
In flight collision with object
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Object - building(nonresidential)Factor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
The pilot started to air taxi the helicopter out of a hangar. There was snow in front of the hangar that had been only partially cleared away. As the pilot was exiting the hangar, he raised the aircraft to go over the snow, the tail rotor struck the hangar door, and a hard landing followed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N608RA
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale SA-316B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1166
- Engine
- Turbomeca A-III-B, 858 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Roberts Aircraft Company
- Registered owner
- Roberts Aircraft Company
- Departed
- MMH · Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Destination
- MMH · Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Airport
- MMH · Mammoth Lakes
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIH, 28 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.