- Date
- July 26, 1979
- Place
- Ft Collins, CO · FT COLLINS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5008LBell 206B-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790726020289A
- Case key
- 133723
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3342 79/7/26 FT COLLINS,CO BELL 206B-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 125 TIME - 0950 N5008L PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAVERLY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT COLLINS,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5008L
- Reported as
- Bell 206B-3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waverly
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5008L · 1
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