- Date
- January 24, 1977
- Place
- Cimmaron, CO · CIMMARON, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1362XBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770124006529A
- Case key
- 157531
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0646 77/1/24 NR.CIMMARON,CO BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 8545 TIME - 1140 N1362X PX- 0 0 0 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 2985 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTROSE,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT FELT A LURCH THEN A HIGH FREQUENCY VIBIRATION. NOSE PITCHED UP, BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1362X
- 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.
Other investigations on N1362X · 2
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