- Date
- April 4, 1978
- Place
- Galveston, TX · GALVESTON, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N140ALBell 212
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780404007389A
- Case key
- 142704
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0495 78/4/4 NR.GALVESTON,TX BELL 212 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2320 N140AL PX- 3 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG 49, 15374 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1215 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GLOMAR JAVA SHIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SABINE PASS,TX GALVESTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) COPILOT - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CO-PILOT STATED ACFT APPEARED HIGHER THAN 200FT INDICATED ON ALT WHILE VSI READ APPROX 1000FT/MIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N140AL
- Reported as
- Bell 212
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Glomar Java Ship
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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.