- Date
- August 25, 1970
- Place
- Southampton, NY · SOUTHAMPTON, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N11DLBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107854
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4496 70/8/25 SOUTHAMPTON,NY BELL 206A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2555 TIME - 2245 N11DL PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 635 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SPRING VALLEY ARPT SOUTHAMPTON,NY NEWARK ARPT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT DVRTD ATTN TO TURN OFF LDG LITE AT CRITICAL PT DURG OVR WATER APCH TO POORLY LITED HELIPAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11DL
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N11DLRegistration cancelled Oct 11, 2012 · Bell 206AAirframe modelBell 206AEngine modelAllison 250 SER 250HP
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.