Bell 212 N83263

20 October 1980 · City of Indust, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 20 October 1980 at about 11:00 local time, a Bell 212 registered N83263, operated by Briles Wing AN, was involved in an accident during in flight near City of Indust, California, United States. 2 people were on board. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 October 1980 at 11:00
Classification: Accident
Location: City of Indust, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 212
Registration: N83263
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 2
Operator: Briles Wing AN
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Construction Work
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3773

People

Injuries not recorded.

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

MAIN DRIVE SHAFT FAILURE P/N 212-040-05-5.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3773, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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