Bell 206B N3500M

Summary

On 6 October 1979 at about 16:10 local time, a Bell 206B registered N3500M, operated by Island Helicop, was involved in an accident during in flight near Old Westbury, New York, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 October 1979 at 16:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Old Westbury, New York, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bell 206B

Registration

N3500M

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Island Helicop

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

East Hampton, Ny → New York City, Ny

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

3-3963

1 person died.

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

THE LOWER CLEVIS ADJUSTMENT BARREL OF THE PITCH CHANGE ROD WAS NOT RECOVERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.