- Date
- August 7, 1973
- Place
- Cold Bay, AK · COLD BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6238NBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730807028109A
- Case key
- 188904
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3207 73/8/7 NR.COLD BAY,ALAS BELL 206A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1055 N6238N PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC 1596 TOTAL HOURS, 766 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CANOE BAY,ALAS PAVLOF BAY,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT ROLLED OVER AFT TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6238N
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
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