- Date
- April 17, 1976
- Place
- Leeville, LA · LEEVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N14856Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760417034839A
- Case key
- 154243
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3102 76/4/17 NR.LEEVILLE,LA BELL 206B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 2379 TIME - 1415 N14856 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOCK 21 NO 55 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEEVILLE,LA LEEVILLE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR TENSION-TORSION STRAP FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14856
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Block 21 No 55
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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.