- Date
- October 9, 1983, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Portland, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N222NTEnstrom 280C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831009053539A
- Case key
- 39845
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Analysis
According to the plt, he had made a right turn into the wind after lift-off & had just cleared a fence at 40 to 50 ft AGL, when he began to lose power. He then turned to the right to clear power lines. Since the helicopter did not have enough room to clear the lines, the right turn was continued to land between 2 rows of cars. During the landing, the tail section of the helicopter struck an unoccupied pickup truck. No cause for a power loss was found during an exam of the eng.
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
- N222NT
- Reported as
- Enstrom 280C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1027
- Airframe hours
- 976
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-E1AD, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pilot Personnel International, doing business as 1600
- Registered owner
- Wallace Floor Coverings
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1983 · 92 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · None
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 660 total · 5 in this make and model · 588 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX, 6 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 N222NT · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.