ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76114
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Date: | Tuesday 27 January 1998 |
Time: | 11:50 |
Type: | Kaman K-1200 K-Max |
Owner/operator: | Kaman Aerospace Corp. |
Registration: | N135KA |
MSN: | A94-0023 |
Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
Total airframe hrs: | 12 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bloomfield, CT -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Bloomfield, CT |
Destination airport: | Bloomfield, CT |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The pilot was on a familiarization flight of a new helicopter. He had successfully completed hovering, several takeoffs and landings, and two hovering autorotations. He had to discontinue his maneuvers in the traffic pattern due to traffic, so he requested to use the pad near the plant. During a hovering autorotation at 5 feet AGL, the helicopter suddenly drifted to the left. Despite his efforts correcting with right cyclic, the helicopter continued to roll to the left. It touched down on the left main landing gear, followed by the nosewheel, and came to rest on its left side. Of the 12 hours the helicopter had accumulated, the pilot had 9 hours in this make and model. Examination of the wreckage did not disclose any evidence of mechanical malfunction with the helicopter or engine, and the pilot did not report any.
The helicopter is now a maintainance trainer in a hangar in bloomfield.
Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001211X09455&key=1 https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=IAD98LA024&rpt=fa
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=IAD98LA024&rpt=fi
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Aug-2010 08:35 |
Alpine Flight |
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21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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