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Bell 206A N7881S

2 December 1973 · North Platte, Nebraska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 December 1973 at about 16:50 local time, a Bell 206A registered N7881S was involved in an accident during in flight near North Platte, Nebraska, 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 16:50
Classification
Accident
Location
North Platte, Nebraska, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Bell 206A
Registration
N7881S
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Practice
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
S → Local
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-3781

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

PRACTICE HOVER, WHEN DECREASING ROTOR RPM DISCOVERED APLD FULL PWR ACFT TURNED 180 DEG.SKIDS FAILED

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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