- Date
- August 8, 1974
- Place
- Berthoud Fls, CO · BERTHOUD FLS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32TABell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740808028549A
- Case key
- 134418
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2423 74/8/8 BERTHOUD FLS,COLO BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1987 TIME - 0530 N32TA PX- 1 2 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 284 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BERTHOUD FLS,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 33 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT ROLLED 390 FT DOWNHILL AFTER IMPACT WITH MTN SLOPE.DENSITY ALT ABT 14000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32TA
- 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.