- Date
- March 18, 1976
- Place
- Gobernador, NM · GOBERNADOR, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7849SBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760318020459A
- Case key
- 153463
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1604 76/3/18 NR.GOBERNADOR,NM BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 3274 TIME - 1115 N7849S PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1213 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GOBERNADOR,NM RETURN WELL SITES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- BYPASS VALVE IN FUEL CONROL POWER TURBINE GOVERNOR STUCK MOMENTARILY. HAD TO CLR TREES,BUSHES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7849S
- 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.