- Date
- October 16, 1975
- Place
- Kenai, AK · KENAI, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N372EHBell 206
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751016037979A
- Case key
- 151293
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2964 75/10/16 NR.KENAI,AK BELL 206 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 5000 TIME - 1512 N372EH PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARCO PLATFORM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPARK PLATFORM ARCO A PLATFORM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 40 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- T/R HIT PLATFORM. GUSTING TO 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N372EH
- Reported as
- Bell 206
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arco Platform
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.