- Date
- November 5, 1981
- Place
- Fruitland, UT · FRUITLAND, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1170WSoloy 47
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811105071819A
- Case key
- 123223
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2493 81/11/5 NR.FRUITLAND,UT SOLOY 47 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2394 TIME - 1115 N1170W PX- 0 0 1 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 229 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUCHENESE,UT CURRENT CREEK,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SURVEY OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1170W
- Reported as
- Soloy 47
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1170WRegistration cancelled Aug 12, 2021 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelAllison 250 series
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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 N1170W · 3
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