- Date
- September 10, 1974
- Place
- Moonachie, NJ · MOONACHIE, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N59563Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740910029869A
- Case key
- 136924
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2652 74/9/10 MOONACHIE,NJ BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0930 N59563 PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 26, 4705 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOONACHIE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- HIT STEEL A FRAME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59563
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moonachie
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.