Bell 212 N3910Y

Summary

On 13 November 1983 at about 04:40 local time, a Bell 212 registered N3910Y was involved in an accident near Nuiqsut, Alaska, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 November 1983 at 04:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Nuiqsut, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Nuiqsut (10AK)

Coordinates

71.2796, -156.7791

Aircraft

Bell 212

Registration

N3910Y

Category

Helicopter

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Public Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Barrow → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ANC84FA017

2 people were seriously 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 SEARCH & RESCUE FLT HAD BEEN DISPATCHED FROM BARROW TO AN ACFT ACCIDENT SITE ADJACENT TO THE NUIQSUT ARPT. ACCORDINGTO THE PLT, UPON ARRIVING AT NUIQSUT AT 300 FT AGL THE VISIBILITY WAS 2-3 MI. THEY LINED UP WITH SNOW MACHINES FOR A VISUAL APCH TO THE SITE & THE CO-PLT DISENGAGED THE AUTOPILOT FOR DESCENT. THE PIC CALLED OUT 200, 100 & 50 FT. AT THE 50 FT CALL-OUT THE ACFT IMPACTED TERRAIN & BOTH PLTS PULLED UP ON THE COLLECTIVE. RIGHT AFTER THE PIC SAID 'WE'RE AT 50 FEET' THE ACFT AGAIN STRUCK THE GROUND. THE PIC WAS GIVING ALTITUDE READOUTS FROM THE RADAR ALTIMETER. THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED FIRST ON THE EDGE OF A 50 FT GULLY. THE ACFT HAD APPROACHED OVER THE GULLY. BASED ON OLIKTOK, DEADHORSE & UMIAT WX THE NUIQSUT ARPT WAS ENGULFED IN FOG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.