- Date
- August 23, 1976
- Place
- Alma, CO · ALMA, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1338XBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760823034929A
- Case key
- 155757
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2968 76/8/23 ALMA,CO BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1915 N1338X PX- 1 0 0 CTR PASSG-D 37, 3698 TOTAL HOURS, 265 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CLIMAX MINE CO. LOCAL AREA ALMA,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH UNMARKED TRAMWAY CABLES NOT SHOWN ON AERONAUTICAL CHART.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1338X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.