- Date
- April 23, 1982, 09:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Christmas Valle, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N62377Hiller-Soloy 12E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820423012029A
- Case key
- 70244
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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 helicopter was being used to string a transmission line. A rope (attach line) was used to connect the helicopter to the transmission line. The rope became detached and the pilot landed to have it reattached. A man, involved in the ground operations, approached the helicopter while pulling the rope wiht his right hand. The other end of the rope extended up to the top of a 100 ft tower where it was connected to the transmission line. As the rope was pulled toward the helicopter the center portion raised off the ground and subsequently, the rope became entangled with the main rotor blades. The rope attach line was pulled through the man's hand at high speed. He was hospitalized until 4/26/82 with injuries to his thumb and hand. One rotor blade received minor damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62377
- Reported as
- Hiller-Soloy 12E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1152
- Airframe hours
- 10,023
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 400 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 133
- Operator
- James T. Reed
- Registered owner
- Mountain Air Helicopters
- Departed
- Christmas Valle, OR
- Destination
- Christmas Valle, OR
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,305 total · 30 in this make and model · 1,100 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Temperature
- 145 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDM, 56 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 N62377 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.