- Date
- March 1, 1970
- Place
- Floral Park, NY · FLORAL PARK, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7867SBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134649
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1553 70/3/1 FLORAL PARK,NY BELL 206A CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1335 TIME - 1750 N7867S PX- 0 0 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 94 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOKLYN,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AFT 360 R TURN ACFT BANKED L THEN R AND ENTERED UNCTLD DESCENT.M/R SYS SEPARATED PRIOR TO IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7867S
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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