- Date
- July 27, 1967
- Place
- Bondurant, WY · BONDURANT, WY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8471EBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115975
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1082 67/7/27 BONDURANT,WYO BELL 47G3B1 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, TIME - 1530 N8471E PX- 1 0 0 CTR PASSG-D UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL 0.096 GMS PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8471E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N8471E · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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