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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Niagara Falls Canada
Tuesady, September 29, 1992 12:15 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/29/1992 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1215 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | NIAGARA FALLS |
| Event State | -- |
| Event Country | CANADA |
| Zipcode of the event site | |
| Event Date Year | 1992 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | Yes |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Unknown |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 1245 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | IAG |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Not Reported |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 3500 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 2800 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 20 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -18 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 300 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 13 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 4 |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | 4 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 5 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 7000 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Sep 29 1992 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1330 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 31 2003 12:16PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\ZUZL |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N588DB | -- |
| NTSB Number | NYC92WA186A | NYC92WA186B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation | Non-U.S., Non-Commercial |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | Unknown | Unknown |
| Aircraft Explosion | Unknown | Unknown |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS | BELL |
| Aircraft Model | 500E | 206B |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 500E | 206B |
| Aircraft Serial Number | -- | |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 0 | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Helicopter | Helicopter |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/Foreign Soil | Foreign Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 0 | -- |
| Number of Engines | 0 | 0 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 0 | 0 |
| Airframe Hours | -- | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | -- | |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- | |
| Aircraft Owner City | -- | |
| Aircraft Owner State | -- | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | -- | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | -- | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | No |
| Operator Name | -- | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No | No |
| Operator Street Address | 454 MAIN STREET | 3731 VICTORIA AVE |
| Operator City | NIAGARA FALLS | ONTARIO |
| Operator State | NY | -- |
| Operator Country | -- | |
| Operator Zip code | 14303 | -- |
| Operator Code | -- | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | Unknown | -- |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | ||
| Departure City | NIAGARA FALLS | NIAGARA FALLS |
| Departure State | NY | CD |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 0 | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | ||
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | ||
| Destination City | ||
| Destination State | ||
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 22 2001 3:51PM | Aug 22 2001 3:51PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | Yes | Yes |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |