- Date
- September 19, 1982, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N50723Hughes 500
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820919048059A
- Case key
- 71277
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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 - performedFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During takeoff at about 75-100 ft the eng quit. The m/r blades flexed down & severed the tail boom during the autorotative landing in a pasture. After the accident the eng ran satisfactorily.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50723
- Reported as
- Hughes 500
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 7111032
- Airframe hours
- 120
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 375 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Photo Flight, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Photo Flight, Inc.
- Departed
- Kissimmee, FL
- Destination
- Kissimmee, FL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 189 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 16 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.