- Date
- March 13, 1969
- Place
- Kingman, AZ · KINGMAN, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4788RBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190952
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0603 69/3/13 KINGMAN,ARIZ BELL 206A CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1930 N4788R PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 47, 11800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - LOW CEILING PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 35 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN VFR WITH 100 FT CEILING,SNOW,DARKNESS.FOLLOWING CAR AS GUIDE HIT MT SIDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4788R
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed