- Date
- October 12, 1967
- Place
- Silverthorne, CO · SILVERTHORNE, CO
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1397XBell 47G-3B
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113467
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0676 67/10/12 NR.SILVERTHORNE,COLO BELL 47G-3B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 554 TIME - 0745 N1397X PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 45 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1397X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N1397X · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA96LA235Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBorinquen, PRthe pilot failed to maintain control of the aircraft while hover taxing. Factors in this accident were wind gusts and a tailwind.NTSB MIA91LA217Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPenuelas, PRInadvertent control interference by a passenger shortly after takeoff resulting in the loss of control and roll over after touchdown.NTSB LAX83LA184Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDelano, CAThe acft collided with a power line and trees while applying pesticide to an orchard. The pilot was flying into the rising sun and failed to see the power line which serviced an agricultural deep well.NTSB DEN73AD015Accident · No injuriesClosedHayden, CO