- Date
- September 11, 1979
- Place
- Merrimack, NH · MERRIMACK, NH
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N90022Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790911043589A
- Case key
- 133030
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3170 79/9/11 MERRIMACK,NH BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1201 N90022 PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS 33, 4315 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2461 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRIMACK HELI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERRIMACK,NH MAYNARD,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HELICOPTER CRASHED IN POND NR HELIPORT.PC LINE FAILED AT FUEL CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90022
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrimack Heli
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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.