- Date
- July 29, 1984, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tuckerton, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1072GBell 206L-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840729036139A
- Case key
- 35395
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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
According to the plt at 8 to 10 ft in a hover the cyclic snapped rearward 3 to 4 in with a noise from the rear. The tailboom was found bent aprx 45 degrees down and 15 degrees right with no evidence of ground contact on the tail skid shoe. Metallurgical analysis indicated compressive buckling damage consistent with excessive bending loads on the boom. Inspection of the helicopter did not reveal any mechanical failures/malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1072G
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 45336
- Airframe hours
- 456
- Engine
- Allison 250-C-28B, 435 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Theodore L. Billen
- Registered owner
- Air Atlantic
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 11, 1984 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- Tuckerton, NJ
- Destination
- AIY · Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport
- Heliport Bass River
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 17,502 total · 259 in this make and model · 28 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.