- Date
- August 19, 1979
- Place
- Lafayette, LA · LAFAYETTE, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1400WBell 47G-4A
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790819024929A
- Case key
- 134132
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2510 79/8/19 LAFAYETTE,LA BELL 47G-4A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1915 N1400W PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 33, 2508 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 235 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDUSTRIAL AIRPAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAFAYETTE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1400W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Industrial Airpar
N1400WRegistration cancelled Mar 9, 2018 · Bell 47G-4AAirframe modelBell 47G-4AEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1400W · 1
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