- Date
- October 21, 1973
- Place
- Sunray, TX · SUNRAY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N58090Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731021035769A
- Case key
- 188307
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3200 73/10/21 SUNRAY,TEX BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 2044 TIME - 1700 N58090 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1250 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUNRAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMARILLO,TEX COLDWATER RANCH,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO ENG MALFUNCTION FOUND.PLT EXPD A SLIGHT TORQUE AND THEN ENG OUT LIGHT AND BEEPER CAME ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58090
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sunray
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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.