- Date
- May 4, 1981
- Place
- Thompson Falls, MT · THOMPSON FALLS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14802Bell 47G-3B
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810504022389A
- Case key
- 126127
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1038 81/5/4 NR.THOMPSON FALLS,MT BELL 47G-3B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 16000 TIME - 1315 N14802 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 12000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TROUT CREEK,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ATMPTD LNDG ON 45DEG ROCKY SLOPE FOR PAX PICKUP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14802
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- 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.