- Date
- November 4, 1968
- Place
- Kenai, AK · KENAI, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1396XBell 47G-4A
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107624
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4219 68/11/4 NR.KENAI,ALAS BELL 47G-4A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 4739 TIME - 0913 N1396X PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 2570 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: VERTICAL ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- IMPROPER LDG ON MT LEDGE,T/R NOT OVER EDGE,T/R HIT BUSH.ROLLED DOWN MT.BLOOD ALCOHOL 94 MG PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1396X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N1396X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN15LA322Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGilbert, IAThe total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation because the available fuel shifted within the tanks due to an abrupt nose-low maneuver to avoid an obstacle, which resulted in a hard forced landing.NTSB SEA74AS030Accident · 1 fatalClosedWapato, WA