Kaman Aerospace Corp K-1200 accident near Donnelly, ID
On June 16, 2010, a Kaman Aerospace Corp K-1200 (helicopter) was involved in an accident near Donnelly, ID. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 16, 2010
- Place
- Donnelly, ID
- Aircraft
- Kaman Aerospace Corp K-1200 · Helicopter
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 44.762°N, 116.185°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100617X13529
Official records · WPR10FA295
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 16, 2010, about 1440 mountain daylight time, a Kaman K-1200 helicopter, N134WC, impacted the terrain about five miles west of Donnelly, Idaho. The commercial pilot, who was the sole occupant, was killed in the accident sequence, and the helicopter, which was owned and operated by Woody Contracting Inc., sustained substantial damage. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 133 long-line logging flight had been airborne for about an hour and 40 minutes. The flight was taking place in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan had been filed. According to the four witnesses near the site, the helicopter, which was using a 200 foot long-line, had just lifted a large log off the ground when the accident sequence began. Two of the witnesses were looking directly at the helicopter as it lifted the log off the ground, and the other two looked immediately toward the helicopter after hearing a very loud noise that coincided with the beginning of the accident sequence. The pilot of the helicopter, who intended to take the log to a collection landing area about one-quarter mile away, had already attempted to lift the log off the ground once, but other logs interfered with the lift, so he set it back down. The pilot then asked the hooker to reset the choker nearer to the end of the log, which according to one of the witnesses would cause the log to hang more straight down during the lift. The hooker therefore reset the choker nearer to the butt end of the log, whereupon the pilot transmitted that, "That is more like it." Soon thereafter, the pilot again b
Probable cause
The collision of two counter-rotating main rotor blades for undetermined reasons, which resulted in a loss of control.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
