- Date
- February 5, 1984, 11:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Medford, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6981RSikorsky S-61L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840205002989A
- Case key
- 39789
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The plt deviated from the painted taxi line to avoid a parked fuel truck and collided with a hangar door. The main rotor hit the door and flying debris damaged 2 hangers,3 acft and 2 cars.
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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - building(nonresidential)Factor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6981R
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-61L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 61453
- Airframe hours
- 15,813
- Engine
- GE CT58-140, 1,500 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Croman Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · February 2, 1984 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- Medford-Jackson County
N6981RRegistration cancelled Feb 12, 2018 · Sikorsky S-61LAirframe modelSikorsky S-61LEngine modelGE T58 series
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 9,600 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFR, 5 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.