- Date
- October 20, 1983, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Coos Bay, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N82WBell 212
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831020055129A
- Case key
- 39847
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The helicopter snagged a cable with its skid during takeoff and rolled over. The acft had landed for fuel and was takingoff after refueling when a cable attached to a fertilizer dispencer caught on the helicopter's skid. The acft rolled to the right and foward. It came to rest 50 ft from the hover spot on its left side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82W
- Reported as
- Bell 212
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 31156
- Airframe hours
- 806
- Engine
- P&W PT6T-3B, 1,290 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Weyerhaeuser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 10, 1983
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,044 total · 710 in this make and model · 5,890 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OTH, 12 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 N82W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.