- Date
- July 24, 1974
- Place
- Grand Valley, CO · GRAND VALLEY, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3067GBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740724025709A
- Case key
- 134417
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2422 74/7/24 GRAND VALLEY,COLO BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 8801 TIME - 1700 N3067G PX- 0 0 2 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 2200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND VALLEY,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT FORCED TO SACRIFICE RPM TO REACH SUITABLE LDG AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3067G
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3067GRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2013 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming 0-435
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3067G · 1
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