- Date
- November 24, 1979
- Place
- Farewell, AK · FAREWELL, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N73249Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791124042909A
- Case key
- 132856
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3991 79/11/24 FAREWELL,AK BELL 47G3B1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 159 TIME - UNK/NR N73249 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAREWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCGRATH,AK FAREWELL,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT HAD TOTAL OF 1.6HRS HELO TIME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73249
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farewell
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N73249 · 5
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