- Date
- May 20, 1976
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK · OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N379BBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153685
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1479 76/5/20 OKLAHOMA CITY,OK BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1615 N379B PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS AGE 37, 3011 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILL ROGERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CITY,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT RPTD LOST OIL PRESS. HAD TO AVOID PWR LINES. UNDET DUE IMPACT DMG TO ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N379B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Will Rogers