Bell 206B N7079J
28 September 1973 · Milesburg, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 September 1973 at about 11:15 local time, a Bell 206B registered N7079J, operated by Pennsylvania S, was involved in an accident during in flight near Milesburg, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 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 11:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Milesburg, Pennsylvania, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B
- Registration
- N7079J
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Pennsylvania S
- Operating rule
- State-Public Aircraft
- Purpose of flight
- Police Patrol
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3996
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
CRACKED PITCH TO CLR FENCE LOST ROTOR SPEED.RDCDFWD SPEED NEAR ZERO ABT 15FT AGL APLD FULL COLL.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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