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Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
North Highlands, California 85660
Monday, September 13, 1982 12:50 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO CONDUCT A ROTORCRAFT/HELICOPTER CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) CHECK RIDE FOR THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC). THE CHECK PILOT WAS AN FAA INSPECTOR WITH NO PREVIOUS FLIGHT TIME IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL; HOWEVER, HE HAD 1816 HRS TOTAL TIME WITH 78 HRS HELICOPTER TIME PRIMARILY IN BELL 47 & 206 AIRCRAFT. THE FIRST PART OF THE CHECK FLIGHT WAS NORMAL EXCEPT WHEN IT WAS INTERUPTED FOR POLICE WORK. DURING THE COURSE OF THE CHECK FLIGHT, THE EXAMINER CHOPPED THE POWER TO SIMULATE AN EMERGENCY AS THE PIC WAS CLIMBING THROUGH ABOUT 285 FT AGL AT 42 KTS. THE PIC STATED THAT HE LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE & THE NEEDLES SPLIT. THERE WAS A LOSS OF ROTOR RPM. HE PUT THE HELICOPTER IN A DIVE & ROLLED THE THROTTLE ON IN INCREMENTS, BUT COULD NOT GET THE NEEDLES TO MARRY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE HELICOPTER STRUCK THE GROUND ON THE HEEL OF THE LEFT SKID, THEN ROLLED OVER. NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION/FAILURE FOUND.ACCORDING TO THE 269C HEIGHT/VELOCITY DIAGRAM, THE EXAMINER CHOPPED THE POWER CLOSE TO THE MINIMUM LIMITS FOR SPEED/ALT.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/13/1982 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1250 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | NORTH HIGHLANDS |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 85660 |
| Event Date Year | 1982 |
| 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 | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| 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 | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Unknown |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 30 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 81 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 0 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 31 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 2 |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2738 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 31 2002 4:04PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\ZUZL |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N8651F |
| NTSB Number | LAX82FA343 |
| 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 | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | HUGHES |
| Aircraft Model | 269C |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 269C |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 87626 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1900 |
| Aircraft Category | Helicopter |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Unknown |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 53 |
| Airframe Hours | 4422 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | SACRAMENTO CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 711G ST. |
| Aircraft Owner City | SACRAMENTO |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 95814 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | SACRAMENTO CO. SHERIFF'S DEPT. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 711G ST. |
| Operator City | SACRAMENTO |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 95814 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| 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) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | NORTH HIGHLANDS |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1129 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | NORTH HIGHLANDS |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 18 2002 4:50PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |