Bell 206B N4TV
1 August 1977 · Encino, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 1 August 1977 at about 12:36 local time, a Bell 206B registered N4TV, operated by Knbc News, was involved in an accident during in flight near Encino, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:36
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Encino, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Van Nuys
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B
- Registration
- N4TV
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Knbc News
- Operating rule
- Other
- Purpose of flight
- Other
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Burbank, Ca → Santa Barbara & Ret
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3073
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 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
KNBC NEWS TELECOPTER
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 1977 | Bell 206L | El Reno, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 17 Mar 1977 | Bell 206B | Intracoastal C, Louisiana, United States | Petroleum Hptr | Fatal | 1 |
| 28 Jul 1977 | Bell 206B | Venice, Louisiana, United States | Mobile Oil CRP | No injuries | - |
| 27 Aug 1977 | Bell 206B | Ft Myers, Florida, United States | Crescent Airwa | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Jul 1977 | Bell 206B | Bettles, Alaska, United States | Sea Airmotive | Minor injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 1977 | Cessna 182Q | Mangum, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1977 | Beechcraft B24R | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Apr 1977 | Hiller UH-12E | Thermal, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 May 1977 | Piper PA-18 | Fort Plain, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jul 1977 | Cessna 188 | Brookland, Arkansas, United States | JAY H Harmon | No injuries | - |
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