- Date
- December 23, 1982, 08:21 local (14:21 UTC)
- Place
- San Antonio, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N206HBell 206B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821223066689A
- Case key
- 72479
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft departed brackettville at 0715 & at 0740 contacted uvalde UNICOM for their wx. When informed that uvalde was "zero-zero" the flt continued east. The acft was later observed & heard flying above the low indefinite ceiling shortly before impacting the ground in a tight descending right hand turn at high velocity. Witnesses at the accident site reported 60-200 ft ceilings & visibility well below 1 mi.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N206H
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 263
- Airframe hours
- 5,250
- Engine
- Allison 250-C-20, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Burts, Edwin M.
- Registered owner
- Burts, Leonard Et Al
- Departed
- C · Brackettville, TX
- Destination
- C · Houston, TX
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 144 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.