- Date
- March 19, 1970
- Place
- Chignik, AK · CHIGNIK, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1416WBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140419
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0431 70/3/19 CHIGNIK,ALAS BELL 206A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1229 N1416W PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG 3800 TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KODIAK,ALAS CHIGNIK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT UNUSUAL NOISE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 215 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- PLT REPORTED HEARING SCRAPING NOISE,CURLED PLASTIC WAS FOUND HITTING 6TH STAGE COMMPRESSOR BLADES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1416W
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1416WRegistration cancelled Jul 21, 1976 · Bell 206AAirframe modelBell 206AEngine modelAllison 250 SER 250HP
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