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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 47G · Miami, FL · March 25, 1979

Date
March 25, 1979 · 13:45 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Watson Island
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N514SF
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79DKT49
Reported as
Bell 47G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total700 in this make and model80 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.

What happened

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

Pilot allowed aircraft to strike ground on takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE GROUND ON TAKEOFF.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.