- Date
- October 6, 1981
- Place
- Grand Junction, CO · GRAND JUNCTION, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2137UBell 206L
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811006065589A
- Case key
- 123294
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2455 81/10/6 GRAND JUNCTION,CO BELL 206L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1875 TIME - 1420 N2137U PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALKER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUEBLO,CO GRAND JUNCTION,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- RATED PAX ATTEMPTED TO SAVE AIRCRAFT.UNSUCCESSFUL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2137U
- Reported as
- Bell 206L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Walker Field
N2137URegistration cancelled Dec 20, 1989 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
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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.
Other investigations on N2137U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.