What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
A counter weight tie rod failed, cause undetermined.
As the FAA filed it
A COUNTER WEIGHT TIE ROD FAILED, CAUSE UNDETERMINED.
FAA incident report · Bell 47G3B1 · Grace, ID · June 1, 1978
- Date
- June 1, 1978 · 19:30 local
- Place
- Grace, ID
- Phase of flight
- Low Level Operations
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N3097
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 1,149 total117 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.