Bell 206L N176KH
12 June 1978 · Lihue, Hawaii, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 12 June 1978 at about 06:05 local time, a Bell 206L registered N176KH, operated by Kenai Air Inc, was involved in an accident during in flight near Lihue, Hawaii, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 06:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Lihue, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206L
- Registration
- N176KH
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Kenai Air Inc
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Charter Passg-Domestic
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Lihue Airport, Kauai → Kokee State Park, Hi
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1765
People
3 people had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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
PAX INADVERTENTLY DEPRESSED ANTI-TORQUE PEDAL.PAX NOT BRIEFED TO KEEP FEET AWAY FRM PEDALS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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