- Date
- September 4, 1984, 12:32 local (16:32 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Bch, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N29GWBell 206L-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840904052309A
- Case key
- 31189
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that he had flown the acft from one fixed base operator on the arpt to another to position the acft. He stated that he put friction on the cyclic control but not the collective control, reduced throttle to flt idle, and exited the acft. He was walking to the hangar to get a portable landing dolly when he saw the rotor disc tilted fwd and the acft shaking; he ran away, the acft rolled over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29GW
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 45550
- Airframe hours
- 651
- Engine
- Detr. Diesel 250-C28B, 250 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gulf & Western Industries
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- PBI · West Palm Beach
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 22,587 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 20,992 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI
FAA reports on this event · 1
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