- Date
- August 19, 1980
- Place
- Cortez, CO · CORTEZ, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N144MBBell 206L
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800819036799A
- Case key
- 129461
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1908 80/8/19 CORTEZ,CO BELL 206L CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 4473 TIME - 1220 N144MB PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 464 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORTEZ,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 20KTS.D/A APPROX 8600FT.WIND RPTD COMPLETELY CALM AFT ACCD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N144MB
- Reported as
- Bell 206L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.