- Date
- September 18, 1979
- Place
- Yakataga, AK · YAKATAGA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1321XBell 47G-3B
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790918039869A
- Case key
- 133190
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3487 79/9/18 YAKATAGA,AK BELL 47G-3B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 15000 TIME - 1900 N1321X PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YAKATAGA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YAKATAGA,AK CORDOVA,AK. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ACFT REFUELED FM 55-GAL BARRELS BFR FLT.FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1321X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yakataga
N1321XRegistration cancelled Feb 28, 2017 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1321X · 3
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