- Date
- September 21, 1974
- Place
- Paw Paw, MI · PAW PAW, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7893BBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740921033389A
- Case key
- 136654
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3074 74/9/21 PAW PAW,MICH BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 1136 TIME - 0920 N7893B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 335 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PAW PAW,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7893B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7893B · 1
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