- Date
- February 5, 1971
- Place
- Sabine Pass, TX · SABINE PASS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1314XBell 47G4A
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159743
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0889 71/2/5 SABINE PASS,TEX BELL 47G4A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 6400 TIME - 1130 N1314X PX- 0 0 0 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCDERMOTT BARGE PLATFORM A TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES REMARKS- T/R BLDS HIT ANTENNA,ACFT EXPLD AND BRND ON IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1314X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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