- Date
- January 7, 1981
- Place
- Mill City, OR · MILL CITY, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N90099Bell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810107001049A
- Case key
- 127211
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0164 81/1/7 NR.MILL CITY,OR BELL 206A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 1686 TIME - 1515 N90099 PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILL CITY,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED REMARKS- EXTERNAL LOAD PICK UP. PLT MISREAD GRND CREW SIGNALS & LOST CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90099
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.