- Date
- April 7, 1981
- Place
- Santa Monica, CA · SANTA MONICA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N59590Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810407020439A
- Case key
- 127081
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0905 81/4/7 SANTA MONICA,CA BELL 206B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 4901 TIME - 1535 N59590 PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 954 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA MONICA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MONICA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- HI PRESS FUEL FILTER INLET ELBOW FITTING,AN833-5J,INSTALLED TO EXCESSIVE DEPTH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59590
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Santa Monica Muni
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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.