- Date
- October 26, 1976
- Place
- Sonora, TX · SONORA, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7732Bell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761026032299A
- Case key
- 152574
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3119 76/10/26 SONORA,TX BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1504 TIME - 1010 N7732 PX- 0 0 1 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 1081 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRANSPORT TRAILER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SONORA,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- LNDG ON TRANS TRAILER T/R CONTACTED WIRE MESH,BECAME AIRBORNE,STARTED ROTATING & CRASH LNDD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7732
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Transport Trailer
N7732Registered now · Bell-K-Copter 47GAirframe modelBell-K-Copter 47GEngine modelFranklin 6V 350 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7732 · 2
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