- Date
- September 9, 1983, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1103KHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830909055699A
- Case key
- 35103
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Analysis
The helicopter collided with a steel drainage culvert hidden in the grass and rolled over during a simulated high alt running takeoff. This was an instructional flt. The skid hit the culvert which extended about 3-4 inches AGL, 3 ft of the skid broke off and the helicopter went over on its back. Takeoff area was to the right of a hard surface rwy. The area is 200 ft wide with drains 2 ft wide and 500 ft apart in the center. The grass was about 2 inches above the drain lip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1103K
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 700945
- Airframe hours
- 1,070
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Horsham Valley Airways,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1983 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- PNE · Philadelphia, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PNE · N.E. Philadelphia, runway 24, 7,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 820 total · 467 in this make and model · 740 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 57 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNE, 1 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.