- Date
- July 12, 1977
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ · GRAND CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N99MCBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770712023789A
- Case key
- 146156
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1867 77/7/12 GRAND CANYON,AZ BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1121 N99MC PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC AGE 46, 12775 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND CANYON,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMBUSTION ASSEMBLY: SEALS,EXPANSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 2ND STAGE GAS PRODUCER SEALS SEIZED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99MC
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.