- Date
- April 19, 1979
- Place
- Darby, MT · DARBY, MT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N226RMBell 214B-1
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790419015669A
- Case key
- 136291
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1214 79/4/19 NR.DARBY,MT BELL 214B-1 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5114 TIME - 1345 N226RM PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 1745 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DARBY,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- EXTERNAL LOAD OVER MAX GROSS WT. PLT JETTISONED LOG,M/R BLADES FLEXED INTO & SEPARATED TAIL BOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N226RM
- Reported as
- Bell 214B-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.
Other investigations on N226RM · 1
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