- Date
- April 16, 1983, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rogue River, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5955XBrantly Helicopter B2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830416035679A
- Case key
- 39733
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Analysis
The helicopter rolled over during lift off with pilot and one passenger and a full load of fuel. On a previous flt with one passenger and 8 gallons of fuel the pilot had noticed the left skid was about 8 inches lower than the right during lift off. On the day of the accident the left skid did not break ground contact until the right skid was about 18 inchesoff the ground. An attempt to stop the roll over with cyclic was unsuccessful. This was the pilots first lift off in theb-2 with a passenger and a full load (about 31 gallons) of fuel.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5955X
- Reported as
- Brantly Helicopter B2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 96
- Airframe hours
- 460
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-B60, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert L. Stevenson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 16, 1983
- Airport
- Spring Brook, runway 29, 2,400 × ft, asphalt
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 595 total · 9 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N5955X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.