- Date
- February 16, 1984, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar Key, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6357Bell 47-G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840216004089A
- Case key
- 30969
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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 control - in flight
Rotorcraft flight controls - improper use ofCause
TotalCause
Remedial action - inadequateCause
Hard landing
Flare - not attainedCause
Analysis
The helicopter turned and descended from an out of ground effect hover. The rpms dropped and the acft hit the ground hard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6357
- Reported as
- Bell 47-G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 143160/1675
- Airframe hours
- 13,059
- Engine
- Franklin 6V-350A, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Almsteadt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 25, 1983 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- CDK · Cedar Key, FL
- Destination
- CDK · Cedar Key, FL
- Airport
- CDK · George T Lewis, runway 5, 2,400 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.