- Date
- October 8, 1980
- Place
- Cougar, WA · COUGAR, WA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2756NBell 206L-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128506
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2726 80/10/8 NR.COUGAR,WA BELL 206L-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 3221 TIME - 1315 N2756N PX- 0 0 4 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 265 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VANCOUVER,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AIR LN FM GOV TO FUEL CTL UNIT SEPD.UN TO MAINT ROTOR RPM WHILE CLEARING TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2756N
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2756NRegistration cancelled Sep 11, 1995 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
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.