- Date
- October 20, 1968
- Place
- Seattle, WA · SEATTLE, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4046GBell 206
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107483
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3964 68/10/20 SEATTLE,WASH BELL 206 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 700 TIME - 1355 N4046G PX- 0 0 2 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- LOSS OF LATERAL CONTROL BY PLT DURING IMPROPER LIFT-OFF FROM WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4046G
- Reported as
- Bell 206
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4046GRegistration cancelled Oct 6, 2014 · Bell 206AAirframe modelBell 206AEngine modelAllison 250 SER 317HP
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