- Date
- November 29, 1975
- Place
- Lumber City, PA · LUMBER CITY, PA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N49636Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751129037619A
- Case key
- 151799
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3534 75/11/29 LUMBER CITY,PA BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 3859 TIME - 1430 N49636 PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 122 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAMPIAN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- FLT ABT 200 FT AGL STRUCK PWR LINE SUSPENDED FM ONE HILLSIDE TO ANOTHER.SURVEYING STRIP MINE SITES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49636
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.