- Date
- February 2, 1973
- Place
- Lake Charles, LA · LAKE CHARLES, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7065JBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730202001499A
- Case key
- 169628
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0021 73/2/2 LAKE CHARLES,LA BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 3578 TIME - 1530 N7065J PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1912 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHENNAULT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SILSBEE,LA LAKE CHARLES,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- BUZZARD JAMMED BETWEEN TRANSMISSION AND SWASH PLATE,CYCLIC CONTROL TUBE BROKEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7065J
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chennault
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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.