- Date
- August 10, 1978
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N59562Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780810036809A
- Case key
- 139272
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3299 78/8/10 NR.KETCHIKAN,AK BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 5132 TIME - 1310 N59562 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1327 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WILLARD INLET,AK RETURN FIELD SITE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- HELIPAD ON STERN OF VESSEL.ACFT HOVERED R TO CLEAR SHIP.TIEDOWN RINGS EXTEND ABOVE PAD SURFACE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59562
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- 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.