- Date
- June 17, 1971
- Place
- Montgomery, NY · MONTGOMERY, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N100FWBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161954
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2083 71/6/17 MONTGOMERY,NY BELL 206A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 71, 1715 TIME - 1600 N100FW PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTGOMERY,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- DURING PRACTICE AUTO A/C SLID ON GRND,HIT SOFT SPOT,ROCKED,M/R BLDS CUT TAIL OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100FW
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orange Co
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.