- Date
- March 31, 1977
- Place
- Liberty, WA · LIBERTY, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N90128Bell 214B-1
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19770331021249A
- Case key
- 79434
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1607 77/3/31 LIBERTY,WA BELL 214B-1 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 4280 TIME - 1230 N90128 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 180 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HELI SERVICE AREA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIBERTY,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - MISCELLANEOUS UNITS AND ASSEMBLIES: TAIL BOOMS/PYLONS/CONES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- HELICOPTER LOGGING.TURNING TOWARD LOGGING SITE.INFLT SEPN OF VERTICAL FIN FM TAILBOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90128
- Reported as
- Bell 214B-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Heli Service Area
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.