- Date
- July 20, 1966
- Place
- Riverton, WY · RIVERTON, WY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N1332XBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122427
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0681 66/7/20 NR.RIVERTON WYO BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 475 TIME - 1117 N1332X PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION PILOT-INADVERTENT DOWNWIND LANDING. COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENG.QUIT WHILE EVADING BIRD.STRUCK BRUSH ON LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1332X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1332XRegistration cancelled Feb 17, 2011 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N1332X · 1
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