- Date
- August 31, 1968
- Place
- Medfra, AK · MEDFRA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6293NBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108734
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4899 68/8/31 MEDFRA,ALAS BELL 206A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N6293N PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D AGE 30, 3649 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 520 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: VANES,GUIDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FATIGUE OF ONE OR MORE FIRST STAGE COMPRESSOR VANES.TERRAIN DENSE WITH TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6293N
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage