Accident Aérospatiale SA 341G Gazelle N49534, Tuesday 18 December 1984

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Date:	Tuesday 18 December 1984
Time:	13:35 LT
Type:	Aérospatiale SA 341G Gazelle
Owner/operator:	Reeves Brothers, Inc.
Registration:	N49534
MSN:	1392
Total airframe hrs:	1946 hours
Engine model:	TURBOMECA 3A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Cornelius, NC - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Greenville, SC
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
WITH THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY ACTING AS PIC AND THE COMPANY PLT ACTING AS CO-PLT, THE ACFT APPROCAHED THE OPERATOR'S SLIGHTLY ELEVATED HELIPAD. ACCORDING TO PAX STATEMENTS, THE ACFT LANDED HARD, BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AND BEGAN SPINNING COUNTER-CLOCKWISE. THE CO-PLT ASSURED THAT FULL RIGHT PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND THEN TOOK OVER CONTROL FROM THE PIC. AFTER 3 TO 5 COMPLETE ROTATIONS, THE C0-PLT BOTTOMED THE COLLECTIVE AND LANDED RIGHT SKID FIRST ON THE UNEVEN TERRAIN. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION REPORTED OR DISCOVERED. SURFACE WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

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