- Date
- February 21, 1983, 09:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Boca Raton, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2254XHughes 500-369HS
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830221004499A
- Case key
- 30848
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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 the flt experienced a total eng power loss & the acft was ditched in the intracoastal waterway. All examinations & tests conducted during the investigation revealed no evidence of a preimpact failure or malfunction of the airframe or eng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2254X
- Reported as
- Hughes 500-369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 890110S
- Airframe hours
- 6,368
- Engine
- Allison 250-C18, 278 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mr. & Mrs. Lechner & Dubray
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 9, 1983 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- PBI · West Palm Beach, FL
- Destination
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale, 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,783 total · 1,427 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 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.
Other investigations on N2254X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.