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Bell 206A N8172J

31 December 1970 · Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 31 December 1970 at about 14:45 local time, a Bell 206A registered N8172J, operated by PA State Polic, was involved in an accident during in flight near Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 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
at 14:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Bell 206A
Registration
N8172J
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
PA State Polic
Operating rule
State-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight
Ferry
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
S → Scottdale, Pa
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-4204

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

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

FLAMEOUT, AUTO TO SLOPED TERRAIN.ACFT NOW PLACARDED, DO NOT FLY IN SNOW CONDITIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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