Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Saturday, September 1, 1984 17:15 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE HELICOPTER WAS IN A HOVER WHEN A RT PEDAL TURN WAS INITIATED AND A CLIMB ATTEMPTED. PLT STATED, 'I WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB, AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LOSE ROTOR RPM. I INCREASED POWER TO 100% MRTQ. THE ACFT WAS SETTLING.' UNABLE TO SUSTAIN FLT, A LANDING WAS MADE AT A ROAD INTERSECTION DURING WHICH 3 VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED. THE ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BY FIRE. INSPECTION & TESTING REVEALED THE TORQUE CONTROL UNIT, P/N 222-360-010-101, WHICH LIMITS THE AMT OF COMBINED ENG TORQUE DELIVERED TO THE MAIN TRANSMISSION, WAS ADJUSTED TO 46.0 PSI. ACCORDING TO BELL MAINTENANCE MANUALS,THE UNIT SHOULD BE SET AT 48.5 PSI (+1.5/-0.0). THE UNIT WAS INSTALLED IN THE ACFT ON 3/1/82. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINEDIF THE UNIT WAS ADJUSTED AT THE TIME OF INSTALLATION OR AFTER.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/1/1984 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1715 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | KNOXVILLE |
| Event State | TENNESSEE |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 37996 |
| Event Date Year | 1984 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| 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 | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 850 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1700 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 190 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | TYS |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 981 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 12 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 15 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 31 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 11 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 1 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 4 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 5 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 3049 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 27046 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:15AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N22299 |
| NTSB Number | ATL84FA277 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | Ground |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BELL |
| Aircraft Model | 222 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 222 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 47059 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 7850 |
| 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 | 5 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Aug 4 1984 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 6 |
| Airframe Hours | 2179 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | BELL HELICOPTER |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | P.O. BOX 482 |
| Aircraft Owner City | FT. WORTH |
| Aircraft Owner State | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 76181 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 1924 ALCOU HWY |
| Operator City | KNOXVILLE |
| Operator State | TN |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 37996 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| 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) | Business |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | KNOXVILLE |
| Departure State | TN |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1700 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| 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 | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | 200 |
| Runway Width | 200 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |