Bell 206B N10851
22 August 1980 · Byers, Colorado, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 22 August 1980 at about 15:00 local time, a Bell 206B registered N10851, operated by West Coast HEL, was involved in an accident during in flight near Byers, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Byers, Colorado, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B
- Registration
- N10851
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- West Coast HEL
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Ferry
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Denver, Co → St Louis, Mo
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2122
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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
HI PRES FUEL LN FM FUEL CTL BCM DISCONNECTED.PLTLNDD IN NOSE HI ATTITUDE WHILE AVOIDING FENCE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 1980 | Grum-Amer AA-5 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Mar 1980 | Piper PA-30 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Caro-Wings FLI | Fatal | 1 |
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| 19 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Everett, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1980 | Grumman AA-1 | Sylvania, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
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