- Date
- September 17, 1984, 12:01 local (16:01 UTC)
- Place
- Somers, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2088VBell 206L-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840917049369A
- Case key
- 35426
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Roll over
Analysis
Plt stated acft began to settle and roll to right from stable 3 foot hover. Application of left cyclic did not arrest roll and main rotor made ground contact. Plt had 11 hrs in this make & model.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2088V
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 45677
- Airframe hours
- 575
- Engine
- Allison 250-C28B, 435 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William R. Frye
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1984 · 30 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 10,069 total · 11 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BDL, 9 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.