- Date
- November 2, 1980
- Place
- Kauai, HI · KAUAI, HI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N59358Bell 206L
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801102061529A
- Case key
- 129005
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3010 80/11/2 NR.KAUAI,HI BELL 206L CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1120 N59358 PX- 0 0 6 AIR TAXI-PASSG 25, 2500 TOTAL HOURS, 870 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HANALET,KAUI,HI MT WAIALEAL KAUAI HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- D/A APPROX 5500FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59358
- Reported as
- Bell 206L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo fan
- 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.