- Date
- July 14, 1983, 07:44 local (11:44 UTC)
- Place
- Near Clermont, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N57996Kaman H-43B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830714031459A
- Case key
- 30796
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The helicopter crashed in an uncontrolled descent from a hover. A witness stated that the helicopter was slowing descending to position a 150 ft line for the ground crew when he observed something separate and the helicopter came down in a vertical descent. Investigation showed that the transmission and rotor assemblies separated in flt. The enginecontinued to operate after the crash and had to be shut down. The pilot sustained a head injury and does not recall the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57996
- Reported as
- Kaman H-43B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 60-251
- Airframe hours
- 4,600
- Engine
- Lycoming T-5311B, 900 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 133
- Operator
- Herbert M. Baker
- Registered owner
- United Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- Loughman, FL
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MC0, 25 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.