Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Nantucket Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554
Thursday, June 23, 1983 11:00 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE HELICOPTER MADE A HARD LANDING DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF FOLLOWING A MEDICAL EVACUATION DEMONSTRATION AT NANTUCKET. AFTER THE PRESENTATION THE ACFT WAS CHANGED FROM A 2 LITTER CONFIGURATION. THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE CYCLIC RETENTION CAP WAS ON THE CYCLIC STICK MOUNTING POINT BUT DID NOT KNOW WHO PUT IT THERE. THE RACK WAS THEN PUT IN PLACE AND HELD THERE BY ONE OF THE RETAINING CLIPS AND THE STRETCHER MOUNTED IN POSTION. CONTROLS WERE CHECKED FOR FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND THE FLIGHT TOOK OFF. IN THE INITIAL CLIMB, CYCLIC WAS MOVED FORWARD WITH NO PROBLEM BUT LATER IN THE CLIMB THE NOSE CONTINUED UP AND FORWARD CYCLIC WAS ATTEMPTED BUT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OF THE POSITION IT WAS IN. THE PILOT LOWERED COLLECTIVE AND DESCENDED HITTING THE GROUND TAIL LOW. THE ACFT BOUNCED AND COLLECTIVE WAS HELD DOWN UNTIL THE ACFT TWISTED TO A STOP. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT CONTROL INTERFERENCE BY A CYCLIC STICK RETENTION KNOB, INADVERTENTLY INSTALLED, PREVENTED FORWARD CYCLIC MOVEMENT BECAUSE OF CONTACT WITH THE LEFT LITTER RACK.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 6/23/1983 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1100 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | NANTUCKET |
| Event State | MASSACHUSETTS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 02554 |
| Event Date Year | 1983 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | NANTUCKET |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | ACK |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Partial - limited by pilot |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| 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) | 6 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 623 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 20885 |
| 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 | N2908U |
| NTSB Number | NYC83LA150 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | MBB |
| Aircraft Model | BO-105 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | BO-105 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | S-586 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1500 |
| 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 | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jun 18 1983 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 2 |
| Airframe Hours | 332 |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | MHC HELICOPTER CORP. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | P.O. BOX 2349 |
| Aircraft Owner City | W. CHESTER |
| Aircraft Owner State | PA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 19380 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| 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 | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| 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) | Other Work Use |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | ACK |
| Departure City | NANTUCKET |
| Departure State | MA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1100 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | ACK |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff |
| 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 | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |