- Date
- January 6, 1977
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N200BBBolkow BO105C
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770106010109A
- Case key
- 156910
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0638 77/1/6 NR.MORGAN CITY,LA BOLKOW BO105C CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 11079 TIME - 1607 N200BB PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 507 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GULF OF MEXICO HOUMA,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN, RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR OTHER REMARKS- COMPANY FLT PLAN WX BRIEFING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N200BB
- Reported as
- Bolkow BO105C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N200BBRegistration cancelled Mar 13, 1981 · Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm-Gm BO-105CAirframe modelMesserschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm-Gm BO-105C
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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.