De Havilland DHC-2 N7620

13 April 1970 · Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 April 1970 at about 08:40 local time, a De Havilland DHC-2 registered N7620, operated by ERA Helicopter, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 April 1970 at 08:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Prudhoe Bay
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2
Registration: N7620
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: ERA Helicopter
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Flaxman Island, Alas → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0806

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PAST TROUBLE WITH TORQUE UNIT SURGE.R SKI DAMAGED ON DEP.CONT TO DEST, GR FAILED AT T/D.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0806, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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