- Date
- March 18, 1974
- Place
- Grnd.Canyon, AZ · GRND.CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4052GBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740318005619A
- Case key
- 186458
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0715 74/3/18 GRND.CANYON,ARIZ BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 6960 TIME - 1445 N4052G PX- 0 0 2 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRND.CANYON,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- SNOW CRUST COLLAPSED UNDER RIGHT SKID. SNOW SURVEY FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4052G
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.