- Date
- July 15, 1975
- Place
- Poway, CA · POWAY, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N58137Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750715036279A
- Case key
- 150496
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3193 75/7/15 POWAY,CA BELL 206B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 3336 TIME - 2348 N58137 PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 872 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEN DYN PARK LOT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POWAY,CA POMONA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DEP FRM WELL LTD AREA INTO SURROUNDING UNLTD TERRAIN WITH KNOWN FOG IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58137
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gen Dyn Park Lot
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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.