- Date
- October 15, 1968
- Place
- Prudhoe Bay, AK · PRUDHOE BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8438EBell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107735
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4545 68/10/15 NR.PRUDHOE BAY,ALAS BELL 47J-2 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0815 N8438E PX- 0 1 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 34, 5500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4300 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION REMARKS- LOSS OF DEPTH PRECEPTION DURING 180 DEG TURN OVER SNOW COVERED LAKE.LARGE AREA OF BUBBLE FOGGED UP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8438E
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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