- Date
- April 9, 1975
- Place
- Gobernador, NM · GOBERNADOR, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4444SBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750409014019A
- Case key
- 146838
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0977 75/4/9 NR.GOBERNADOR,NM BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 5547 TIME - 0915 N4444S PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 2251 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AZTEC,NM GOBERNADOR,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SUSPECT FUEL CONTAMINATION OF ENG CTL UNITS. HAD TO CLR SLOPE ON LDG ATTMPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4444S
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.