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Bell 206B N59629

18 May 1980 · Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 May 1980 at about 15:30 local time, a Bell 206B registered N59629, operated by Omni Flight HE, was involved in an accident during in flight near Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 15:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Bell 206B
Registration
N59629
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
Omni Flight HE
Operating rule
Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
S → Local
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-1900

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

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

PLT STATED LOST T/R CONTROL AT 3-400FT AGL AFT COMING TO A HOVER THEN TURNING TO R.D/A APRX 6550FT

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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