N766AS
Bell 212 · built 1971
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last exported to Argentina on December 3, 1996.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- June 9, 1987AccidentHull loss
THE MECHANIC IN CHARGE OF TAXIING THE BOEING 727 ALLOWED AN UNAUTHORIZED AVIONICS TECHNICIAN TO OCCUPY THE PILOT SEAT. THEY INADVERTENTLY DEACTIVATED THE BRAKE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM AND STRUCK A PASSENGER JETWAY AT THE TERMINAL GATE. AN ENSUING FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRPLANE AND A COMPANY GROUND VEHICLE AND EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED THE JETWAY.
- January 5, 1984Accident
THE ACFT STRUCK THE APPROACH LIGHTS TO RWY 16R WHILE ON AN ILS APPROACH. ANALYSIS OF THE FDR READOUT SHOWED AN INCREASED DESCENT RATE FOLLOWING VISUAL SIGHTING OF THE RWY ENVIRONMENT.