- Date
- August 13, 1968
- Place
- Miller House, AK · MILLER HOUSE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3093GBell 47G-4
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108472
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3330 68/8/13 MILLER HOUSE,ALAS BELL 47G-4 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1410 N3093G PX- 1 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 53, 10050 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 3950 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 45 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ON APPROACH TO A HOVER AT APPROX 9 FT,ACFT WAS CAUGHT IN A SEVERE WHIRLWIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3093G
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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