- Date
- May 29, 1981
- Place
- Montrose, NY · MONTROSE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1087SBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810529061989A
- Case key
- 125592
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1306 81/5/29 MONTROSE,NY BELL 206B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 4100 TIME - 2309 N1087S PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GLENS FALLS,NY SPRING VALLEY,NY CATSKILL,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1087S
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- 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.