- Date
- November 26, 1980
- Place
- Odessa, DE · ODESSA, DE
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5748HBell 206L
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801126076469A
- Case key
- 127500
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3590 80/11/26 ODESSA,DE BELL 206L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 3448 TIME - 1520 N5748H PX- 0 0 2 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 159 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FELTON,DE HORSHAM VALLEY,DE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5748H
- Reported as
- Bell 206L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5748HRegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2008 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Engine modelAllison 250 SER 250HP
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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.