- Date
- July 21, 1974
- Place
- Umiat, AK · UMIAT, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N58087Bell 205A-1
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740721044129A
- Case key
- 141183
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4266 74/7/21 NR.UMIAT,ALAS BELL 205A-1 CR- 0 1 3 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 11595 TIME - 1510 N58087 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 1374 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UMIAT,ALAS 68-47N,154-23W TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- T/R SILENT CHAIN FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58087
- Reported as
- Bell 205A-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.