- Date
- December 7, 1982, 21:58 local (Dec 8, 1982, 04:58 UTC)
- Place
- Larkspur, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2752YBell 206B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821207062759A
- Case key
- 71371
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Analysis
N2752Y, a bell 206B helicopter, crashed in hilly terrain while on a flt to obtain video tape news of an aircraft accident. Plt was warned by FBO personnel of adverse wx conditions. Another plt who had just landed tried to persuade the plt not to fly. After departing with a special VFR clearance, radar advisories were provided until terrain precludedradar tracking. Witnesses along a highway observed the acft with the landing light on in snow & fog. One witness followed the acft aprx 20 min & estimated its altitude was 50 to 100 ft AGL & the speed was 40 mph. Some motorists reported ice on their windshields. The acft was found the next morning near the top & on the FAR side of a knoll that ithad crossed. It had crashed in a steep right bank. The alcohol level of a sample of the plt's blood was 0.093%. No preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures were found. Wx data above was the 2145 MST observation at arapahoe county arpt located 33 mi north of the accident site.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2752Y
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2695
- Airframe hours
- 1,491
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Koa-Tv Channel 4
- Registered owner
- General Electric Broadcasting
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Destination
- PUB · Pueblo, CO
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,011 total · 1,920 in this make and model · 1,891 as pilot in command · 167 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APA, 33 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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