- Date
- August 30, 1980
- Place
- Red Lodge, MT · RED LODGE, MT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8030Bell 206A/B
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800830039039A
- Case key
- 128790
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3764 80/8/30 NR.RED LODGE,MT BELL 206A/B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2687 TIME - 1715 N8030 PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 436 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLACIER LAKE,MT BILLINGS,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 11500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW, SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 35 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR OTHER REMARKS- PLT STATED WINDSHIELD FOGGED UP.WINDSHIELD DEFOG KIT NOT INSTALLED.AIR AMBULANCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8030
- Reported as
- Bell 206A/B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8030 · 1
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