- Date
- February 8, 1980
- Place
- Grand Isle, LA · GRAND ISLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4019GBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800208002659A
- Case key
- 132155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0004 80/2/8 NR.GRAND ISLE,LA BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2195 TIME - 0730 N4019G PX- 1 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 949 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOCK 40A DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND ISLE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 55 140 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 34 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN OTHER REMARKS- PLT STATED-HAD 100% RPM DRG PAX UNLOADING IN HI WND,HEL TURNED LFT AS PAX EXIT RGT.CO FLT PLAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4019G
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Block 40a
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.