- Date
- May 3, 1976
- Place
- Portage, MI · PORTAGE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7763Bell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760503011599A
- Case key
- 153834
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1270 76/5/3 PORTAGE,MI BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2230 N7763 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 32, 7700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 6500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KALAMAZOO,MI SPARTA,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENROUTE FOR ORCHARD FROST CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7763
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.