Alouette II N4966

28 June 1971 · Minchumina, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 28 June 1971 at about 23:15 local time, a Alouette II registered N4966, operated by Bureau of Land, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Minchumina, Alaska, United States. 5 people were on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 June 1971 at 23:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Minchumina, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Alouette II
Registration: N4966
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Bureau of Land
Operating rule: Federal-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight: Fire Control
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0928

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
5	1	0	0	4

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

PWR REQRD EXCD PWR AVBLE, WENT INTO RIVER, HIT BANK.PAX FATALLY INJ EXITING ACFT, HIT BY M/R BLDS.

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 3-0928, 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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