# Accident 20130808015749A: Bell UH-1B, Tok, AK, August 8, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2013, 14:45 local time
- Place: Tok, AK
- Airport: Tok Junction
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: NP6L
- Location: 61.2599° N, 149.6002° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2599&lon=-149.6002&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70NW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL UH-1B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING T-53 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13TA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13TA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130808015749A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WHILE DOING BUCKET DROPS ON FIRE # 414 ( AFTER APPROX. 6 DROPS ) PIC NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GETTING ENOUGH RIGHT PEDAL. PIC CONTACTED TOK FORESTRY DIV Z AND NOTIFIED THEM PIC WAS HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS RETURNING TO TOK AIRPORT TO HAVE A LOOK AT IT. PIC THEN CONTACTED FORESTRY DISPATCH AND INFORMED THEM THE SAME. ON APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT PIC RELEASED THE LONG LINE AND BUCKET AT THE EAST END OF THE RUNWAY. PIC THEN CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR A RUN ON LANDING THOUGH PIC COULD NOT GET THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO COME AROUND TO THE RIGHT AND WAS HEADED FOR THE TREELINE. AS PIC INCREASED POWER THE AIRCRAFT WENT UP INTO A LEFT HAND TURN COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE TOPS OF SEVERAL TREES BEFORE DOING A 360 DEGREE TURN COMING TO REST FACING WEST AGAIN.

WINDS AT THE TIME WERE OUT OF THE SOUTH LESS THAN 5MPH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC13TA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13TA076), Aug 8, 2013: Bell UH-1B (N70NW), Tok, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the tail rotor crosshead bearing, which resulted in a loss of tail rotor control.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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