- Date
- April 8, 1980
- Place
- Ft Collins, CO · FT COLLINS, CO
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N27502Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800408008129A
- Case key
- 136384
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1819 80/4/8 NR.FT COLLINS,CO BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0930 N27502 PX- 0 0 3 SEARCH AND RESCUE 50, 8501 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 15 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- HELICOTER SPUN ARND AFTER ENCTRG SVR GUST WHILE LNDG IN MOUNTAINOUS TRRN.DUST DEVILS RPRTD IN AREA
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27502
- 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.