- Date
- June 27, 1984, 18:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Loiza, PR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 7 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5736KBell 206L-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840627027289A
- Case key
- 31153
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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.
Propeller/rotor contact to person
Judgment - poorCause
Unsafe/hazardous condition - not identifiedCause
Visual/aural detection
Analysis
The plt had just landed at a shore site & the acft was parked with engine running when an unauthorized person walked into the tail rotor. The crew & passengers were still aboard the acft at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5736K
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 45423
- Airframe hours
- 1,847
- Engine
- Allison 250-C28, 435 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Omniflight Offshore, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Loiza, PR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,036 total · 423 in this make and model · 612 as pilot in command · 161 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.