- Date
- March 25, 1975
- Place
- Shelton, CT · SHELTON, CT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N83176Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750325009609A
- Case key
- 170171
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0063 75/3/25 SHELTON,CT BELL 206B CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1225 N83176 PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 29, 2041 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 856 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH BERGEN,NJ MERIDEN,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ARTIFICIAL HORIZON PREVIOUSLY REMOVED FM ACFT.FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83176
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.