Bell 206L-1 N57397
26 November 1981 · Avalon, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 November 1981 at about 09:10 local time, a Bell 206L-1 registered N57397, operated by Helitrans, was involved in an incident during in flight near Avalon, California, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 09:10
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Avalon, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206L-1
- Registration
- N57397
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Helitrans
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- San Pedro, Ca → S
- Aircraft damage
- None
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 5-0063
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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
FND FAILURE OF 2 1/2 ENG BRG & OPEN IN ELEC WIRING TO UPPER MAG PLUG IN CHIP DETECTOR LGT SYS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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