- Date
- July 14, 1983, 08:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Biggs, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9043PSikorsky S-58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830714059949A
- Case key
- 23572
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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 plt reported that he brought the helicopter to a hover in the loading area & eased forward to the rwy where he attempted to 'transition from a hover to flt.' He became aware that the helicopter was not going to have sufficient performance, so he elected to make a roll-on landing. He reported that during the aborted takeoff, ground resonance occurred. The helicopter begun shaking from side to side, the left gear failed & the helicopter went over on its left side. The temp was 85 deg & the wind was nearly calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9043P
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-58
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 58-012
- Airframe hours
- 4,431
- Engine
- Wright 1820-84, 1,275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Moore Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 4, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- Jones Air Strip
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 10,584 total · 240 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.