- Date
- January 25, 1974
- Place
- Corpus Chrsti, TX · CORPUS CHRSTI, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11HVBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740125001619A
- Case key
- 187266
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0054 74/1/25 CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 7990 TIME - 0900 N11HV PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 4050 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORPUS CHRISTI,TEX LOCAL 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LND ON FARM ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11HV
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N11HVRegistration cancelled Aug 28, 2014 · Bell 47G-4AAirframe modelBell 47G-4AEngine 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.