- Date
- November 30, 1977
- Place
- Deadhorse, AK · DEADHORSE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N403EHBell 206-L
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771130041989A
- Case key
- 143946
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4087 77/11/30 DEADHORSE,AK BELL 206-L CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 4240 TIME - 0935 N403EH PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1001 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEADHORSE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PUMP STATION NO.1 RETURN VALVE NO.1 TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING SNOW 230 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 17 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N403EH
- Reported as
- Bell 206-L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Deadhorse
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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.