- Date
- August 29, 1972
- Place
- Venice, LA · VENICE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3092GBell 47J-2A
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167840
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3134 72/8/29 VENICE,LA BELL 47J-2A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 2838 TIME - 1125 N3092G PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 809 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VENICE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - COOLING SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ENG COOLING FAN BELTS HAD BROKEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3092G
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3092GRegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2019 · Bell 47J-2AAirframe modelBell 47J-2AEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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Other investigations on N3092G · 2
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