- Date
- July 27, 1969
- Place
- Venice, LA · VENICE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4059GBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169724
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2315 69/7/27 VENICE,LA BELL 206A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 3091 TIME - 1519 N4059G PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: WHEEL TURBINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TURBINE TIE BOLT NUT CAME OFF,ALLOWED TURBINE WHEEL TO BREAK OUT OF ENG.SEVERED T/R DRIVE SHAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4059G
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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