- Date
- October 6, 1979
- Place
- Old Westbury, NY · OLD WESTBURY, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3500MBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1930
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791006040939A
- Case key
- 132838
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3963 79/10/6 OLD WESTBURY,NY BELL 206B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1610 N3500M PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 32, 4788 TOTAL HOURS, 460 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAST HAMPTON,NY NEW YORK CITY,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- THE LOWER CLEVIS ADJUSTMENT BARREL OF THE PITCH CHANGE ROD WAS NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3500M
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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