- Date
- July 20, 1969
- Place
- Spring Valley, NY · SPRING VALLEY, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4781RBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163752
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4178 69/7/20 SPRING VALLEY,NY BELL 206A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N4781R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 28, 4885 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 350 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAMAPO VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRING VALLEY,NY SPRING VALLEY,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- 10 FT HOVERING FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4781R
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ramapo Valley
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