Bell 206 N5739Y
26 March 1982 · Austin, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 26 March 1982 at about 16:30 local time, a Bell 206 registered N5739Y, operated by Charles Kallestad, was involved in an accident near Austin, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Austin, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- 30.3008, -97.8095
- Aircraft
- Bell 206
- Registration
- N5739Y
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Charles Kallestad
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Austin → Austin
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW82FRG27
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
DURING A LOW PASS OVER LAKE AUSTIN THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH POWER CABLES ABOUT 300 FEET ABOVE THE LAKE. WITNESSES REPORTED TWO LOUD CRACKING SOUNDS AND THAT THE HELICOPTER PITCHED UP AND GYRATED WILDLY THEN CONTINUED IN THE ORIGINAL DIRECTION OF FLIGHT AND CRASHED INTO THE LAKE AT ABOUT A 30 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ANGLE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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