- Date
- April 5, 1977
- Place
- Laramie, WY · LARAMIE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N217RMBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770405007839A
- Case key
- 157535
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0650 77/4/5 NR.LARAMIE,WY BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1610 N217RM PX- 0 0 0 OTHER AGE 29, 2810 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1360 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LARAMIE,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER STATIC: ENGINE RUNUP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SEISMIC EXPLORATION SUPPORT.MAX GUSTS 25KTS.WEATHER BRIEF FROM FSS AND LOCAL TV.ENG TORQUE 40%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N217RM
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N217RMRegistration cancelled Jul 31, 1978 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206BAirframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206B
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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.