19781206040279A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 47G3B1 · Alamo, TX · December 6, 1978

Date
December 6, 1978
Place
Alamo, TX
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N972B
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79FRG10
Reported as
Bell 47G3B1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,013 total90 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost rotor RPM during turnaround.

As the FAA filed it

LOST ROTOR RPM DURING TURNAROUND.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N972B · 2

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