- Date
- September 27, 1982, 07:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Soledad, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8562FBell 47G-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820927049739A
- Case key
- 72642
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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Autorotation - initiated
Analysis
The pilot experienced a power loss during lift-off. A hard landing was made. No reason for the malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8562F
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 7806
- Airframe hours
- 4,381
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435-A1, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Soilserv, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Soilserv, Inc.
- Departed
- C · Soledad, CA
- Destination
- C · Soledad, CA
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
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,709 total · 3,414 in this make and model · 4,655 as pilot in command · 143 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.