- Date
- February 17, 1977
- Place
- Jayuya, PR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4046GBell 206-A
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770217023419A
- Case key
- 157884
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1805 77/2/17 NR.JAYUYA,PR BELL 206-A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, TIME - 1433 N4046G PX- 1 2 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 1537 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JAYUYA HELIPAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAYUYA,PR CAROLINA,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FUEL FILTER OBSTRUCTED BY UNIDENT CONTAMINANT,BYPASSED.FUEL NOZZLE SCREEN PART OBSTRUCTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4046G
- Reported as
- Bell 206-A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jayuya Helipad
N4046GRegistration cancelled Oct 6, 2014 · Bell 206AAirframe modelBell 206AEngine modelAllison 250 SER 317HP
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Other investigations on N4046G · 1
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