- Date
- November 15, 1965
- Place
- Empire, LA · EMPIRE, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3092GBell 47-J2A
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174891
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0855 65/11/15 EMPIRE LA BELL 47-J2A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0830 N3092G PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC AGE 27, 4169 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 152 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EMPIRE HELIPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 74 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT DISTRACTED BY NEWLY ERECTED UNMARKED POWERLINE AT EDGE OF HELPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3092G
- Reported as
- Bell 47-J2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Empire Heliport
N3092GRegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2019 · Bell 47J-2AAirframe modelBell 47J-2AEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N3092G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.