- Date
- June 6, 1983, 08:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Randle, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N98HJBell 205A-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830606025349A
- Case key
- 39707
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was engaged in log slinging operations and had just released a load and initiated a climb away from the site when according to the pilot the engine started to spool down, although the pilot was able return to the log-landingarea there was insufficienet altitude for autorotation and a hard landing occurred. The operator reported that an examination of the acft transmission assembly revealed that the clutch assembly had disintegrated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98HJ
- Reported as
- Bell 205A-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 30089
- Airframe hours
- 5,540
- Engine
- Lycoming T531-3B, 1,250 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 133
- Registered owner
- Heli Trade Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 3, 1983 · 5 hours before
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 600 in this make and model · 55 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TDO, 43 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.