- Date
- December 21, 1984, 16:30 local (Dec 22, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chatsworth, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N182JRBell 47G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841221067639A
- Case key
- 24613
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was practicing off airport touch & go's. on the second lndg the left skid contacted a hidden dirt embankment andthe acft rolled over. A post impact fire consumed the aircraft. Both certificated commercial plts aboard the helicopter escaped unharmed. The landing area contained high vegetation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N182JR
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 22
- Airframe hours
- 9,410
- Engine
- Franklin 6VS-335A-A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James H. White, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 5, 1984 · 79 hours before
- Departed
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 60 in this make and model · 640 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VNY, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N182JR · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.