- Date
- August 14, 1983, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Dover Township, NJ
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N900JAAerospatiale AS350D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830814041799A
- Case key
- 35022
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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.
Abrupt maneuver
Low pass - initiatedCause
Aircraft handling - improperCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - water,rough
Altitude - inadequateCause
Analysis
Witnesses observed the helicopter fly along the beach at alt of about 100-150 MSL, enter a bank to the right and descendinto the water at an angle of about 45 deg. Examination of the wreckage failed to reveal any pre-impact discrepancies of the aircraft or engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N900JA
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale AS350D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1433
- Airframe hours
- 440
- Engine
- Lycoming LTS-101-600A2, 615 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Trinity Jet, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Merrill Lynch Resources Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 28, 1983 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- N12 · Lakewood, NJ
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,050 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NEL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.