- Date
- March 13, 1969
- Place
- Ben Hoa, VM · BEN HOA, Vietnam
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 6 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1304XBell 204-B
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186101
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0040 69/3/13 NR.BEN HOA,S.VIETNAM BELL 204-B CR- 0 2 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N1304X PX- 0 0 5 CTR PASSG-I AGE 33, 5451 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2325 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - XT9125 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAIGON BIEN HOA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF S.VIETNAM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1304X
- Reported as
- Bell 204-B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Xt9125
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