- Date
- January 4, 1976
- Place
- Kenai, AK · KENAI, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N59481Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760104005089A
- Case key
- 152847
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0298 76/1/4 KENAI,AK BELL 206B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2182 TIME - 0030 N59481 PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 182 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENAI MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KENAI,AK RETURN ABOARD SHIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- LOST CTL IN BLO MINIMUM CONDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59481
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kenai Muni
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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.