- Date
- October 23, 1982, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hillsboro, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16616Brantly 305
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821023055029A
- Case key
- 71030
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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 tail skid hit the ground hard during landing. This caused the helicopter to bounce, and the left wheel contacted the ground causing the helicopter to turn sideways. The main rotor contacted the tail rotor, destroying both tail and main rotor blades.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16616
- Reported as
- Brantly 305
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1005
- Airframe hours
- 686
- Engine
- Lycoming IVO-540-A1A, 305 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tracy A. Goff
- Registered owner
- Lowell H. Holtrop
- Departed
- Hillsboro, OR
- Destination
- Hillsboro, 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 30 in this make and model · 84 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 122 °F
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 N16616 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.