Bell 206A N2265W
23 June 1974 · Valdez, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 23 June 1974 at about 14:10 local time, a Bell 206A registered N2265W, operated by GAY Airways, In, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Valdez, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Valdez, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206A
- Registration
- N2265W
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- GAY Airways, In
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Ferry
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Cordova, Ak → Anchorage, Ak
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4354
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
PLT RPRTD TSMN OIL WARN LGT, FLUCT PRESS.T/R STRUCK WATER, FLIPPED OVR, ACFT SANK.WND GUSTING 30K.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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