- Date
- August 26, 1977
- Place
- Venice, LA · VENICE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N90151Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770826028289A
- Case key
- 146254
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2192 77/8/26 NR.VENICE,LA BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1515 N90151 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY UNK/NR, 4020 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 452 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAIN PASS 299C DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VENICE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- SKID TIED DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90151
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Main Pass 299c
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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.