- Date
- September 14, 1965
- Place
- South Fork, CO · SOUTH FORK, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73913Bell 47G3
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176344
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0608 65/9/14 NR.SOUTH FORK COLO BELL 47G3 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N73913 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION AGE 43, 6602 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1439 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISC-SLING RELEASE MALFUNCTIONED,CAUSE UNDETERMIND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 55 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- POWER LOSS WHILE CARRYING UTILITY POLE ON SLING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73913
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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