Bell 206B N63RC
6 July 1983 · Miami, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 6 July 1983 at about 20:25 local time, a Bell 206B registered N63RC was involved in an accident near Miami, Florida, 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 20:25
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Miami, Florida, United States
- Coordinates
- 25.7795, -80.1795
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B
- Registration
- N63RC
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Miami → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA83FA177
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
THE PLT STATED THAT AS HE SLOWED THE HELICOPTER TO AT OR NEAR 'EFFECTIVE TRANSLATIONAL LIFT' TO LET PAXS OBSV SOME CONSTRUCTION HE HEARD THE ENGINE MAKE A LOUD NOISE AND FAIL. THE ACFT WAS AT ABT 300 FT AGL AT 30-40 KTS. DURING LNDG FLARE THE T/R AND T/BOOM CONTACTED A TREE AND SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT AND IT CAME TO REST ON ITS RT SIDE. TEARDOWN EXAM OF THE ENG REVEALED THAT THE BEARING SEPARATOR IN NUMBER 1 BEARING FAILED DUE TO FATIGUE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 1983 | Lockheed L-1011 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jan 1983 | Cessna 152 | La Belle, Florida, United States | Mark Wayne Brown | Fatal | 2 |
| 8 Jan 1983 | Cessna 150 | Green Cove Spgs, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 21 Jan 1983 | Beechcraft C45H | Leesburg, Florida, United States | Raymond A. Waldrop | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Jan 1983 | Beechcraft E18-S | Naples, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jan 1983 | Piper PA-31 | Miami Lakes, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |