ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 35567
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Date: | Tuesday 11 February 1992 |
Time: | 18:35 |
Type: | Bell 206B JetRanger |
Owner/operator: | Summit Helicopter Systems Inc |
Registration: | N5003U |
MSN: | 2444 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4577 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Wellington, Carbon County, Utah -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Eagle, Colorado (EGE/KEGE) |
Destination airport: | Price, Utah (PUC/KPUC) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The helicopter was destroyed when it crashed and burned after its main rotor blades struck the ground whilst hovering near Wellington, Carbon County, Utah (at approximate coordinates: 39°32′22″N 110°43′47″W). The accident happened in IMC, visibility 1.5 nautical miles and 400 feet agl cloud base, during a ferry flight from Eagle, Colorado to Price, Utah. The flight was operating under VFR and the pilot was not instrument rated. Witnesses along the route and at the accident site reported fog and poor visibility, precipitation, low ceilings, night conditions and snow covered ground. Both persons on board (pilot and one passenger) were killed.
The pilot initially requested that his wife meet the helicopter at a location short of his destination but subsequently departed the roadside landing site after relaying instructions through his passenger for her to position her vehicle beneath power lines crossing the highway which continued to the destination airport.
The NTSB determined the probable cause to be: The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions and an excessive rate of descent. Factors contributing to the accident were fog, rain, low ceilings, night conditions, snow covered ground and pilot disorientation
Registration N5003U cancelled by the FAA on June 12, 1992 as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: SEA92FA045 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001211X14180&key=1 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=5003U 3.
http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=9465 4.
https://onespotter.com/aircraft/fid/790051/N5003U 5.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ut/N5003U/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
26-Apr-2016 17:54 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:22 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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