- Date
- April 12, 1975
- Place
- Craig, CO · CRAIG, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1169WBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750412009279A
- Case key
- 132972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0901 75/4/12 NR.CRAIG,CO BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2778 TIME - 0845 N1169W PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 2200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRAIG,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: MIXTURE CONTROL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MIXT CTL LINKAGE CAME LOOSE ABT 20FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1169W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1169WRegistered now · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1169W · 2
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