Bell 206B N32TA
8 August 1974 · Berthoud Fls, Colorado, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 8 August 1974 at about 05:30 local time, a Bell 206B registered N32TA, operated by Interwest Corp, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Berthoud Fls, Colorado, United States. 4 people were on board and one died, 2 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 05:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Berthoud Fls, Colorado, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B
- Registration
- N32TA
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Interwest Corp
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2423
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
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
ACFT ROLLED 390 FT DOWNHILL AFTER IMPACT WITH MTN SLOPE.DENSITY ALT ABT 14000FT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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