Bell 206B accident near Vallejo, CA
On October 26, 1991, a Bell 206B (helicopter) was involved in an accident near Vallejo, CA. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 26, 1991
- Place
- Vallejo, CA
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B · Helicopter
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.090°N, 122.251°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X18336
Conditions
- Local time
- 4:56 AM
- Light
- Night, dark
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC)
- Wind
- 270° at 15 kt, gusts 20
- Cloud ceiling
- 200 ft
From Wikipedia
On October 25, 1991, a Bell 206 carrying rock music concert promoter Bill Graham, his girlfriend Melissa Gold, and pilot Steve Kahn crashed into a transmission tower west of Vallejo, California, killing everyone on board. The cause of the accident was determined to be the pilot's intentional flight into known adverse weather conditions.
Text from Wikipedia, “1991 Vallejo helicopter crash”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
