Bell 206B N7941S

22 June 1976 · Bishop, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 22 June 1976 at about 11:14 local time, a Bell 206B registered N7941S, operated by Hanson Aviatio, was involved in an accident during in flight near Bishop, California, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 June 1976 at 11:14
Classification: Accident
Location: Bishop, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 206B
Registration: N7941S
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Hanson Aviatio
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3067

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	2	2	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

LOST PWR AT LOW ALT OVR MTN SLOPE, DENSITY ALT ABT 9000FT, ACFT HEAVY. RECOVERY DATE 6/23/76.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3067, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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