- Date
- March 2, 1972
- Place
- Glenwood Sps, CO · GLENWOOD SPS, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8502FBell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165406
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0011 72/3/2 GLENWOOD SPS,COLO BELL 47J-2 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 2522 TIME - 0930 N8502F PX- 0 1 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 880 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND JUNCTION,COLO GLENWOOD SPS,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HELO HIT STEEL TEL WIRES.WIRES BLENDED INTO HAZE AND MTN BACKROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8502F
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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