Bell 206B N58013

30 June 1976 · Palmer, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 30 June 1976 at about 16:00 local time, a Bell 206B registered N58013, operated by ERA Helicopter, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Palmer, Alaska, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 30 June 1976 at 16:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Palmer, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 206B
Registration: N58013
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: ERA Helicopter
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Charter Passg-Domestic
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Gulkana, Ak → Anchorggiak
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2664

People

4 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	4	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.

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ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON STEEP ROCKY RIDGE.

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 3-2664, 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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