NTSB Identification: FTW85LA262.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 28293.
Nonscheduled 14 CFR
Accident occurred Saturday, June 22, 1985 in SHIP SHOAL BLK
Aircraft: BELL 206L-1, registration: N1086Q
Injuries: 1 Minor,1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE PILOT HAD LANDED ON THE OFFSHORE PLATFORM AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPOSITIONING THE HELICOPTER TO ONE SIDE OF THE LANDING PAD TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WHEN THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK A 3' STEEL SIGN POST. THEBLADE SEPARATED INTO THREE PIECES. THIS CAUSED A SEVERE OUT-OF-BALANCE CONDITION OF THE MAIN ROTOR SYSTEM AND RESULTED IN THE TRANSMISSION BEING PULLED OUT OF THE AIRFRAME AND THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CABIN AND THE TAIL BOOM SEPARATION FROM THE AIRCRAFT.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
VISUAL LOOKOUT..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
JUDGMENT..POOR..PILOT IN COMMAND
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
CLEARANCE..NOT MAINTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM,ENGINE TO TRANSMISSION DRIVE..SEPARATION
Contributing Factors
ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM,TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT BEARING..SEPARATION
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..HIGH OBSTRUCTION(S)
Contributing Factors
OBJECT..UTILITY POLE
Contributing Factors
WINDOW,CABIN..SEPARATION
Contributing Factors
FUSELAGE,CABIN..SEPARATION
Contributing Factors
LIGHT CONDITION..DAYLIGHT
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