- Date
- October 23, 1979
- Place
- Ruidoso, NM · RUIDOSO, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7828SSoloy 47G
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791023043179A
- Case key
- 201189
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3965 79/10/23 NR.RUIDOSO,NM SOLOY 47G CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 4000 TIME - 1445 N7828S PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RUIDOSO,NM RUIDOSO,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TOWING ROPE FRM TWRS ACROSS HWY.HELO BECAME UNSTABLE,ROPE INVLVMNT OF UNDTRMD ORIG.REL BFR IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7828S
- Reported as
- Soloy 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7828SRegistration cancelled Oct 22, 2012 · 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.