- Date
- May 21, 1982, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Maria, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N130VBell 47G2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820521018029A
- Case key
- 72537
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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 helicopter contacted the platform with a landing skid and rolled over during an attempted takeoff. As the helicopterlifted off of a truck mounted platform a skid became fouled by the truck and a dynamic roll-over occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N130V
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2230
- Airframe hours
- 11,506
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- R&S Crop Dusters
- Registered owner
- R&S Crop Dusters
- Departed
- 0CA1 · Santa Maria, CA
- Destination
- 0CA1 · Santa Maria, CA
- Airport
- 0CA1 · Northside Airpark
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.