Bell 206A N7890S

23 October 1970 · Sagwon, Alaska, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 23 October 1970 at about 12:00 local time, a Bell 206A registered N7890S, operated by Anchorage Heli, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Sagwon, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 October 1970 at 12:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Sagwon, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 206A
Registration: N7890S
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Anchorage Heli
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3231

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	0

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

PLT ATCHD SLING LOAD TO CARGO HOOK, BOARDED ACFT, LIFTED OFF, ROLLED OVR.SLING ROPE FOUND OVR L SKID.

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 3-3231, 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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