- Date
- July 28, 1979
- Place
- Plaucheville, LA · PLAUCHEVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N38092Bell 47WASP
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790728018479A
- Case key
- 135013
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1417 79/7/28 PLAUCHEVILLE,LA BELL 47WASP CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1306 TIME - 0800 N38092 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAUCHEVILLE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LOST PWR AFTER LIFT-OFF FROM WORK SITE.LANDED IN SOYBEAN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38092
- Reported as
- Bell 47WASP
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.