- Date
- September 8, 1984, 16:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Wallingford, CT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4FLBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840908047459A
- Case key
- 35366
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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.
Analysis
The acft collided with wires after the plt announced by radio that he was going to make a low pass over the site of an outdoor event that he had just attended. Some witnesses saw the helicopter flying extremely low. It appeared that one of the landing skid struts contacted the wire. The acft flipped upside down and separated into parts as it descended to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4FL
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1229
- Airframe hours
- 6,704
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Island Helicopter Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 19, 1984 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- Wallingford, CT
- Destination
- 4N6 · Garden City, NY
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,228 total · 490 in this make and model · 1,072 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HVN, 15 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.
Other investigations on N4FL · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.