- Date
- November 21, 1970
- Place
- Plettnbrg Bay, SF · PLETTNBRG BAY,AFR, South Africa
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7820SBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159524
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0057 70/11/21 PLETTNBRG BAY,AFR BELL 206A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 7973 TIME - 0825 N7820S PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 81 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLETTENBERG BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLETTNBRG BAY,AFR UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7820S
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plettenberg Bay
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