- Date
- October 9, 1978
- Place
- Waimea Cnyn, HI · WAIMEA CNYN, HI
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N477KHBell 206L
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781009043859A
- Case key
- 137978
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4188 78/10/9 WAIMEA CNYN,HI BELL 206L CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1045 N477KH PX- 0 0 6 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 29, 2929 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 370 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KAUAI,HI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SGHT SNG FLT FRM HOTEL TO WIAMEA CNYN AND RETRN.PLT AUTOROTATED INTO FOREST AFTER FLAMEOUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N477KH
- Reported as
- Bell 206L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.