Bell 206B N370AF
8 March 1975 · Wise, Virginia, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 8 March 1975 at about 20:58 local time, a Bell 206B registered N370AF, operated by TOM V Mining C, was involved in an accident during in flight near Wise, Virginia, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:58
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Wise, Virginia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Lonesome Pine
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B
- Registration
- N370AF
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- TOM V Mining C
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Bristol, Tn → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-1578
People
3 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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
WIND GUSTING 45K.PLT ADVSD BY FSS FIXED WING ACFT COULD NOT LND DUE HI WINDS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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