- Date
- August 14, 1985, 17:48 local (21:48 UTC)
- Place
- Sarasota, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7882SBell 206A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850814071679A
- Case key
- 31442
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 helicopter plt landed the helicopter on a wood decked landing dolly. After landing he reduced the collective pitch control full down and reduced the throttle to idle. At the time of landing the wind was on the nose of the acft. Shortlyafter landing the wind shifted to the left and increased in intensity. The acft then yawed to the left and rolled over off the left side of the dolly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7882S
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 069
- Airframe hours
- 6,601
- Engine
- Allison 250-C18, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dolphin Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 1, 1985 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- SRQ · Sarasota, FL
- Airport
- SRQ · Sarasota
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,300 total · 260 in this make and model · 1,405 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.