- Date
- October 26, 1974
- Place
- Vernal, UT · VERNAL, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1170WBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741026043219A
- Case key
- 141104
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3215 74/10/26 NR.VERNAL,UT BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 2341 TIME - 1730 N1170W PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1518 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERNAL,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 32 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 170 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DENSITY ALT 13000 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1170W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1170WRegistration cancelled Aug 12, 2021 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelAllison 250 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1170W · 3
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