- Date
- June 22, 1976
- Place
- Bishop, CA · BISHOP, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7941SBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760622032649A
- Case key
- 155198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3067 76/6/22 NR.BISHOP,CA BELL 206B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 6500 TIME - 1114 N7941S PX- 2 1 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BISHOP,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED 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 73 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 10 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOST PWR AT LOW ALT OVR MTN SLOPE, DENSITY ALT ABT 9000FT,ACFT HEAVY. RECOVERY DATE 6/23/76.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7941S
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7941SRegistration cancelled Nov 22, 1976 · Bell 206AAirframe modelBell 206AEngine modelAllison 250 SER 400HP
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7941S · 1
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