- Date
- March 3, 1977
- Place
- Prestonburg, KY · PRESTONBURG, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9929KBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770303007589A
- Case key
- 157385
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0266 77/3/3 PRESTONBURG,KY BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1936 TIME - 1000 N9929K PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1285 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COMBS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRESTONBURG,KY COAL MINE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PAX KNOCKED CONTROL OUT OF PLT'S HAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9929K
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Combs
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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.