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Bell 206A N100FW

17 June 1971 · Montgomery, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 June 1971 at about 16:00 local time, a Bell 206A registered N100FW, operated by Fred Wehran, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Montgomery, New York, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 16:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Montgomery, New York, United States
Nearest airport
Orange Co
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Bell 206A
Registration
N100FW
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
Fred Wehran
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
S → Local
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-2083

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

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

DURING PRACTICE AUTO A/C SLID ON GRND, HIT SOFT SPOT, ROCKED, M/R BLDS CUT TAIL OFF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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