- Date
- June 20, 1970
- Place
- Pilot Point, AK · PILOT POINT, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8495EBell 47G-2A
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126809
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1039 70/6/20 NR.PILOT POINT,ALAS BELL 47G-2A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 4192 TIME - 0730 N8495E PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1150 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PILOT POINT,ALAS PILOT POINT,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: AERIAL TAXI TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT PARKED DOWNWIND.AFTER LIFT OFF PLT PUT ACFT IN REARWARD FLT,WIND RAISED TAIL,FLOATS HIT GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8495E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N8495E · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC90LA095Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDutch Harbor, AKThe pilot in commands continued VFR flight into IMC conditions and his failure to maintain altitude while manuevering to avoid terrain.NTSB ANC84IA035Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe acft tail rotor struck snow during an autorotative landing following an eng failure. The snow depth varied between 32 & 45 inches. Examination of the eng revealed that the rt hand mag was firing intermittently on two of the six distributor contacts which…NTSB ANC68A0033Accident · No injuriesClosedAnchorage, AK