- Date
- March 23, 1986, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N512WWAerospatiale AS350D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860323007709A
- Case key
- 30180
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A aerospatiale helicopter an a-star under FAR 135 with pilot and 4 passengers onclimb out reaching an altitude of approx 100 to 150' AGL when pilot and passengers heard a loud bang acft lost power. Pilot attempted an auto rotation, due to low airspeed and altitude acft impacted the ground hard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N512WW
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale AS350D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1503
- Airframe hours
- 551
- Engine
- Lycoming LTS101600A3, 600 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Damin Aviation Corp.
- Registered owner
- Damin Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 1986 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- 60TH · New York City, NY
- Destination
- CITY · Philadelphia, PA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- City Line Heliport
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,200 total · 260 in this make and model · 1,900 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °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.