- Date
- December 29, 1978
- Place
- Galveston, TX · GALVESTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49591Bell BH212
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781229045529A
- Case key
- 138172
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4381 78/12/29 NR.GALVESTON,TX BELL BH212 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 2653 TIME - 1503 N49591 PX- 1 3 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHOLES FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GALVESTON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT AIRFRAME BUFFET PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49591
- Reported as
- Bell BH212
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Scholes Field
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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.