Bell 206B III N1068Y

Summary

On 28 June 1986 at about 13:15 local time, a Bell 206B III registered N1068Y, operated by JOE Brigha, Inc., was involved in an accident near Moultonboro, New Hampshire, 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.

Date

28 June 1986 at 13:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Moultonboro, New Hampshire, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bell 206B III

Registration

N1068Y

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

JOE Brigha, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 133: Rotorcraft Ext. Load

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC86LA168

Nobody was injured.

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 BELL JET RANGER HAD JUST DROPPED OFF AN EXTERNAL LOAD AND WAS RETURNING DOWNHILL WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING A GROWLING NOISE IN THE AFT PORTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE AUTOROTATED TO LANDING AS CONTROL WAS LOST. WHEN THE WRECKAGE WAS EXAMINED AFTER IT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX WAS OUT OF THE AIRFRAME AND ONE TAIL ROTOR BLADE WAS MISSING. EXAMINATION OF THE REMAINING TAIL ROTOR STUB BY THE NTSB LAB SHOWED THE FAILURE WAS OPPOSITE THE NORMAL DIRECTION OF ROTATION. WHAT THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK WAS NOT DETERMINED. ROTATION OF THE 90 DEGREE GEARBOX REVEALED THERE WAS NO BINDING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.