- Date
- August 18, 1981
- Place
- Escalante, UT · ESCALANTE, UT
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N206LCBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810818050539A
- Case key
- 123659
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3652 81/8/18 NR.ESCALANTE,UT BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N206LC PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 34, 2712 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 558 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ESCALANTE,UT 50 MILE MOUNTAIN,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLT STATED BGN VERT CLB AFT 2FT HVR,YAWED R,NOSE TUCKED R,CRASHED.D/A APRX 104000FT,WND GSTG 15KTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N206LC
- 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.