- Date
- July 11, 1978
- Place
- Salyersville, KY · SALYERSVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N55EABell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780711016629A
- Case key
- 141773
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1308 78/7/11 NR.SALYERSVILLE,KY BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 2944 TIME - 1630 N55EA PX- 0 1 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 194 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALYERSVILLE,KY SALYERSVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55EA
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
N55EARegistration cancelled Dec 27, 1990 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
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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.