- Date
- September 5, 1974
- Place
- Ogden, UT · OGDEN, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73972Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740905040399A
- Case key
- 138717
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3686 74/9/5 NR.OGDEN,UT BELL 47G3B1 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1440 N73972 PX- 0 1 0 MAPPING/PHOTO 37, 9000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4066 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOUNTIFUL,UT OGDEN,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- LOST LATERAL CYCLIC CONTROL.SEPARATION IN SHAFT BELL PN47-725-853-5 DUE OFF CTR DRILLED HOLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73972
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N73972Registration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N73972 · 4
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