- Date
- November 16, 1970
- Place
- Vivian, LA · VIVIAN, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1216WBell 47G-4
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159539
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4559 70/11/16 VIVIAN,LA BELL 47G-4 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 730 TIME - 1320 N1216W PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 430 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VIVIAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VIVIAN,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT CREW REMARKS- DURG LDG ON TRAILER HELICOPTER SKID HUNG ON WINCH ON TRAILER,BROKE LOOSE,CRASHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1216W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vivian
N1216WRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2012 · Bell 47G-4Airframe modelBell 47G-4Engine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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Other investigations on N1216W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.