- Date
- April 26, 1982, 10:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Huntington Beac, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7950SBell 206A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820426048709A
- Case key
- 71121
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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 pilot stated that he was on a ferry flight from Huntington beach, CA to an offshore platform. A hard landing was made on the platform. This resulted in damage to the skids, tail rotor, tail boom, and fuel tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7950S
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 21
- Airframe hours
- 3,043
- Engine
- Allison 250-C18, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Condor Helicopters & Aviation,
- Registered owner
- Harbour Helicopter & Marine In
- Departed
- 20L · Huntington Beac, CA
- Destination
- 20L · Huntington Beac, CA
- Airport
- 18L · Platform Emmy
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,767 total · 150 in this make and model · 2,210 as pilot in command · 108 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.