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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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