- Date
- April 19, 1972
- Place
- New Paltz, NY · NEW PALTZ, NY
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N600Bell 204-B
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166269
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1557 72/4/19 NEW PALTZ,NY BELL 204-B CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1135 N600 PX- 0 0 8 AERIAL SURVEY 45, 3586 TOTAL HOURS, 779 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW PALTZ HELIPAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW PALTZ,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 81 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 0 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 25K. TAIL ROTOR HIT GND,HELICOPTER SETTLED INTO GULLY ALONGSIDE HELIPAD M/R HIT GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N600
- Reported as
- Bell 204-B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Paltz Helipad