ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 377903
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| Date: | Monday 31 December 1984 |
| Time: | 12:45 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 206-L3 |
| Owner/operator: | Queen City Helicopters, Inc. |
| Registration: | N3898Y |
| MSN: | 51024 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 725 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-C30P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jackson, WY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
PLT HAD LANDED ON PREPARED AREA (SNOW PACKED DOWN BY HELI SKI GUIDE) TO EMBARK SKI PASSENGERS. ON DEPARTURE PLT LIFTED TO HOVER, TURNED TO DESIRED HDG AND INITIATED FORWARD TRANSITION. AS ACFT PASSED BOUNDRY OF PACKED SNOW, ROTOR WASH PICKED UP SOFT LOOSE SNOW, OBSCURING VISUAL REFERENCES. ACFT HAD NOT ACHIEVED TRANSLATIONAL LIFT AND ENGINE WAS AT MAX TORQUE OUTPUT, NEGATING CLIMB. PLT ATTEMPTED TO 'SET ACFT DOWN' BUT RUN-ON LANDING RESULTED. DUE TO EXCESS FORWARD SPEED AND SOFT SNOW, ACFT NOSED OVER.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN85LA053
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 February 1983 | N3898Y | Energy Fuels Nuclear, Inc. | 0 | Peach Springs, AZ | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 30-Mar-2024 17:46 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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