- Date
- September 16, 1979
- Place
- Beaver, UT · BEAVER, UT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N512YPBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790916025409A
- Case key
- 133252
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3438 79/9/16 NR.BEAVER,UT BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 2438 TIME - 1735 N512YP PX- 0 0 2 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUFFER LAKE,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N512YP
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N512YPRegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2017 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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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.