- Date
- June 29, 1979
- Place
- Manvel, TX · MANVEL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1150WBell 47G-4
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790629013309A
- Case key
- 136296
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1222 79/6/29 MANVEL,TX BELL 47G-4 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 3451 TIME - 0915 N1150W PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 672 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANVEL,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: SURVEY FIELD/AREA PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1150W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1150W · 4
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