- Date
- January 21, 1981
- Place
- Patterson, LA · PATTERSON, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5754BBell 222
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127200
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0078 81/1/21 NR.PATTERSON,LA BELL 222 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1305 N5754B PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG 34, 5236 TOTAL HOURS, 43 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EUGENE ISLAND 208 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INTRACSTL CY,LA PATTERSON,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: OTHER AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN ROTORCRAFT - MISCELLANEOUS UNITS AND ASSEMBLIES: TAIL BOOMS/PYLONS/CONES REMARKS- T/R STRK SAFETY NET PROTRUDING ABV FLT DK LVL. DISPLACED GUARD DID NOT PROTECT T/R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5754B
- Reported as
- Bell 222
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eugene Island 208