- Date
- February 22, 1973
- Place
- Amelia, LA · AMELIA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35ALBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730222003559A
- Case key
- 169873
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0425 73/2/22 NR.AMELIA,LA BELL 206B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 10500 TIME - 0905 N35AL PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1208 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PATTERSON,LA SO.TIMBALIER BLK 26 TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - MISCELLANEOUS UNITS AND ASSEMBLIES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERED IN SWAMP 2/26/73.R PYLON SUPPORT LINK FAILED,CAUSED IN FLT FAILURE OF M/R SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35AL
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.