- Date
- November 13, 1980
- Place
- Liberty, KY · LIBERTY, KY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90015Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801113073899A
- Case key
- 201165
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3511 80/11/13 LIBERTY,KY BELL 206B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 3000 TIME - 1140 N90015 PX- 2 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIBERTY-CASEY CTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIBERTY,KY CAMPBELLSVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FLT MANUAL WARNS AGAINST POSSIBLE FLAMEOUTS IF FUEL BLO 10GALS,BOOST PUMP(S)INOP.AUTORELIGHT INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90015
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Liberty-Casey Cty
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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.