- Date
- May 6, 1979
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2HJBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790506026299A
- Case key
- 135444
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2560 79/5/6 HOUSTON,TX BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1730 N2HJ PX- 0 1 2 BUSINESS 35, 9500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LEFT AIRCRAFT UNATTENDED, ENGINE RUNNING MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT DEPLANED TO MOVE ANOTHER HELO,THEN OBSERVED THIS HELO APRX 35FT IN THE AIR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2HJ
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.