- Date
- June 13, 1985, 00:26 local (04:26 UTC)
- Place
- Silver Springs, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N49550Aerospatiale SA316B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850613069839A
- Case key
- 31249
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Analysis
The plt of the helicopter on an on demand air taxi medevac flt encountered deteriorating wx conditions and attmepted to maintain VFR flt in IMC conditions. He descended and struck a tree causing substantial damage. He then made a forced landing and the medevac patient was transported by ground vehicle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49550
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale SA316B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2271
- Airframe hours
- 3,409
- Engine
- Turbomeca ARTOUSTE IIIB, 562 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Evergreen Helicoters, doing business as [Ems]
- Registered owner
- Evergreen Helicopters,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Spring Hill, FL
- Destination
- Gainesville, 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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,861 total · 324 in this make and model · 2,468 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GVN, 26 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.