- Date
- July 30, 1974
- Place
- Umiat, AK · UMIAT, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7854SBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740730030079A
- Case key
- 134535
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2358 74/7/30 NR.UMIAT,ALAS BELL 206A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1325 N7854S PX- 0 0 1 OTHER 53, 5100 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LK UDRIVIK,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- AFTER PSGR DEPLANED TO L,ACFT ROLLED R.M/R BLADE PASSED THRU COCKPIT AREA.SURVEYING FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7854S
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- 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.