- Date
- November 17, 1976
- Place
- Flaxman Island, AK · FLAXMAN ISLAND, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N372EHBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761117035529A
- Case key
- 155892
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3323 76/11/17 NR.FLAXMAN ISLAND,AK BELL 206B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 3530 TIME - 1315 N372EH PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1028 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DEADHORSE,AK RETURN FLAXMAN ISLAND,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS VFR REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED TRANSITION TO INSTRUMENT FLT, EXPERIENCED VERTIGO & LNDD ON ICE FLOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N372EH
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.