- Date
- December 14, 1975
- Place
- Miles City, MT · MILES CITY, MT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N59495Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751214041159A
- Case key
- 152097
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4036 75/12/14 NR.MILES CITY,MT BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N59495 PX- 0 0 3 HUNTING AGE 54, 27485 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1415 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILES CITY,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- COYOTE HUNTING.FUEL WARN LT FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY ENG FAIL.NO DEICER ADDITIVE IN FUEL.TEMP -6DEG F.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59495
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N59495 · 1
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