- Date
- October 15, 1983, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N49670Bell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831015054879A
- Case key
- 24063
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Sequence of events
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On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
After returning from a flt, the helicopter was shutdown & refueled, then it was moved to a dolly. During the moving operation, the left 'shoe' slipped off the platform & the helicopter rocked back & damaged the tail rotor area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49670
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1847
- Airframe hours
- 7,645
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rogerson Arct. Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 13, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- San Diego, CA
- Airport
- SNA · John Wayne
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 26 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 88 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNA
FAA reports on this event · 1
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