- Date
- January 5, 1978
- Place
- Courtney, PA · COURTNEY, PA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N200BABell 206L
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780105022399A
- Case key
- 143468
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2359 78/1/5 COURTNEY,PA BELL 206L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1923 N200BA PX- 2 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 28, 3649 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 660 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION E.MILLSBORO,PA PITTSBURGH,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- BAROMETRIC PRESSURE IN AREA 30.18 HG,ALTIMETER PRESSURE SETTING 30.05 HG.STRUCK TREES 1200FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N200BA
- Reported as
- Bell 206L
- 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.