- Date
- July 3, 1984, 22:20 local (Jul 4, 1984, 02:20 UTC)
- Place
- Somers, CT
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5003XBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840703033179A
- Case key
- 35699
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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 made a hard touchdown with the left side low. One side of the rotor came off and the other hit the engine according to one of the passengers aboard the acft. The plt said that the approach was normal and he brought the acft toa hover. However suddenly the acft was on the ground. The landing collapsed the left skid. The passengers all agreed that the acft was low and approching too fast with the left side lower than the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5003X
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2440
- Airframe hours
- 919
- Engine
- Allison 250-C2OB, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Afm Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 1984 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- Grandville, MA
- Destination
- Somers, CT
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 9,753 total · 562 in this make and model · 9,753 as pilot in command · 176 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.