ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 42703
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| Date: | Thursday 27 May 1982 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: |  Bell 206B JetRanger |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N9986K |
| MSN: | 2012 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1300 hours |
| Engine model: | ALLISON 250-C20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oakwood, VA (crash scattered through the Big A Mountain region) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Vansant, VA |
| Vansant, VA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PLT WAS FLYING RAILROAOFFICIALS TO INSPECT RAIL LINES THAT HAD BEEN COVERED BY MUD SLIDES CAUSED BY RECENT HEAVY RAINS. A WITNESS HEARD THE HELICOPTER COMING UP THE VALLEY & THEN HEARD TWO POPPING SOUNDS. HE SAW THE HELICOPTER FALLING TO THE GROUND NEAR SOME POWER LINES STRUNG ACROSS THE VALLEY OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THE POWER LINE ASSEMBLY CONSISTED OF TWO STATIC LINES AT THE TOP & THREE POWER LINES AT THE BOTTOM. THE UPPERMOST STATIC LINE WAS SEPARATED & LYING ON THE LOWER STATIC LINE. THE LINES ARE APPROXIMATELY 300 FT AGL & WERE UNMARKED. THE PLT WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE OPERATING AREA & PURPORTEDLY AWARE OF THE LOCATION OF THE POWER LINES. CRASH SITE WAS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE BIG A MOUNTAIN REGION ON THE RUSSELL AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES BOARDER OUTSIDE HONAKER, VIRGINIA. PARTS OF HELICOPTER WAS FOUND NEAR ROAD LEADING TO FIRE TOWER ON BIG A MOUNTAIN. IT WAS FOGGY ON THE MOUNTAIN AT TIME OF CRASH.
Sources:
NTSB: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20020917X02834
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Mar-2020 20:12 | Larry1980 | Updated [Location, Country] |
| 21-Mar-2020 20:13 | harro | Updated [Country] |
| 22-Mar-2020 08:21 | Larry1980 | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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