- Date
- September 30, 1974
- Place
- Honokaa, HI · HONOKAA, HI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4760RBell 206
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740930032639A
- Case key
- 141137
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3058 74/9/30 HONOKAA,HAWAII BELL 206 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N4760R PX- 1 0 1 OTHER PUBLIC AGE 42, 6500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HILO,HAWAII HONOKAA,HAWAII LAUPAHOEHOE,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 79 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT DEPLANED TO ASSIST PATIENT.WIND GUST TIPPED HELI OVR & M/R BLADE STRUCK PATIENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4760R
- Reported as
- Bell 206
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.