- Date
- May 3, 1980
- Place
- Malabar, FL · MALABAR, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5004UBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800503018759A
- Case key
- 131103
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0409 80/5/3 NR.MALABAR,FL BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3300 TIME - 1815 N5004U PX- 1 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1600 IN DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STUART,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PAX WALKED INTO IDLING T/R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5004U
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
N5004URegistration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Bell 206BAirframe modelBell 206BEngine modelAllison 250 SER 400HP
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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