- Date
- March 30, 1973
- Place
- Ban Na, Laos · BAN NA, Laos
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1196WBell 204B
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730330035439A
- Case key
- 173340
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0050 73/3/30 NR.BAN NA,LAOS BELL 204B CR- 0 2 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 10068 TIME - 1140 N1196W PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-I TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG TIENG,LAOS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 2 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- DA 6800FT.UN TO SUSTAIN ROTOR RPM.INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION LAOTIAN GOVT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1196W
- Reported as
- Bell 204B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mt Heliport
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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.