- Date
- March 15, 1985, 10:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Princeton, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1040ZHughes 369HS
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850315007759A
- Case key
- 33921
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,static
Clearance - misjudgedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - open field
Directional control - not possible
Roll over
Analysis
The helicopters tail rotor collided with power lines during an apch to an open field. According to the plt, upon descending onto the fld, the acft began to vibrate severely. Consequently, the plt lost control and the helicopter made two 360 degree revolutions (the acfts nose swinging right) before contacting the ground and coming to rest on it's left side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1040Z
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 6103235
- Airframe hours
- 3,331
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Kcmo Radio
- Registered owner
- Trafficopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 28, 1985 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- MO28 · Plattsburg, MO
- Destination
- MO32 · Princeton, MO
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,050 total · 235 in this make and model · 6,850 as pilot in command · 175 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.