- Date
- September 20, 1979
- Place
- Deming, NM · DEMING, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2220WBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790920040399A
- Case key
- 132836
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3956 79/9/20 NR.DEMING,NM BELL 47G CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1400 TIME - 1215 N2220W PX- 0 2 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEMING,NM LAS CRUCES,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT DSNDD & HIT GND AFTER PLT PULLED UP TO AVOID PWR LINES APRX 75FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2220W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2220WRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Bell 47G-3B-2Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-2Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2220W · 1
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