- Date
- May 25, 1977
- Place
- Happy Camp, CA · HAPPY CAMP, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N16665Bell 214B-1
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770525036309A
- Case key
- 146746
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3956 77/5/25 HAPPY CAMP,CA BELL 214B-1 CR- 0 2 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 7500 TIME - 0645 N16665 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 592 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAPPY CAMP,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: COMPRESSOR STALLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HELICOPTER USED IN LOGGING OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16665
- Reported as
- Bell 214B-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.