Type of Event | Accident |
Event Date | 5/15/1999 |
Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
Time of Event | 2122 |
Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
Event City | ROCKTON |
Event State | ILLINOIS |
Event Country | -- |
Zipcode of the event site | 61072 |
Event Date Year | 1999 |
Event Date Month | 5 |
MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
Event Location Latitude | -- |
Event Location Longitude | -- |
Event Location Airport | |
Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
Airport Elevation | 800 |
Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
Time of the weather observation | 2054 Central Daylight Time |
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 170 |
Weather Observation Facility ID | RFD |
Elevation of weather observation facility | 742 |
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 16 |
Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
Lowest Ceiling Height | 7000 |
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 3800 |
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
Visibility (Statute Miles) | 4 |
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 17 |
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 16 |
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 100 |
Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
METAR weather report | -- |
Event Highest Injury | None |
On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
Injury Total Fatal | -- |
Injury Total Minor | -- |
Injury Total None | 3 |
Injury Total Serious | -- |
Injury Total All | -- |
Investigating Agency | NTSB |
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 543 |
NTSB Notification Source | -- |
NTSB Notification Date | May 16 1999 12:00AM |
NTSB Notification Time | 533 |
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
Date of most recent change to record | Feb 2 2009 1:22PM |
User who most recently changed record | johb |
Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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Aircraft #1 |
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Aircraft Registration Number | N781SA |
NTSB Number | CHI99LA153 |
Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
Type of Flight Plan filed | Company VFR |
Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
Damage | Substantial |
Aircraft Fire | None |
Aircraft Explosion | None |
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Bell |
Aircraft Model | 222UT |
Aircraft Series Identifier | 222UT |
Aircraft Serial Number | 47537 |
Certified Max Gross Weight | 8250 |
Aircraft Category | Helicopter |
Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
Flight Crew Seats | -- |
Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
Passenger Seats | -- |
Total number of seats on the aircraft | 7 |
Number of Engines | 2 |
Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
Date of Last Inspection | Apr 19 1999 12:00AM |
Airframe hours since last inspection | 46 |
Airframe Hours | 7459 |
ELT Installed | Yes |
ELT Activated | Yes |
ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
ELT Type | -- |
Aircraft Owner Name | AIR METHODS CORPORATION |
Aircraft Owner Street Address | 7301 SOUTH PEORIA STREET |
Aircraft Owner City | ENGLEWOOD |
Aircraft Owner State | CO |
Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 80112 |
Operator is an individual? | No |
Operator Name | -- |
Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
Operator Street Address | -- |
Operator City | -- |
Operator State | -- |
Operator Country | USA |
Operator Zip code | -- |
Operator Code | -- |
Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
Operator Certificate Number | -- |
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Positioning |
Second Pilot on Board | No |
Departure Point Same as Event | No |
Departure Airport Code | LL84 |
Departure City | ROCKFORD |
Departure State | IL |
Departure Country | |
Departure Time | 2111 |
Departure Time Zone | CDT |
Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
Destination Airport Code | |
Destination City | |
Destination State | |
Destination Country | |
Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
Evacuation occurred | -- |
Date of most recent change to record | Feb 2 2009 1:22PM |
User who most recently changed record | johb |
Since inspection or accident | -- |
Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
Runway Length | -- |
Runway Width | -- |
Sight Seeing flight | No |
Air Medical Flight | Yes |
Medical Flight | -- |