- Date
- September 6, 1979
- Place
- Hackberry, LA · HACKBERRY, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7104JBell 47G-4A
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790906030949A
- Case key
- 134939
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2942 79/9/6 HACKBERRY,LA BELL 47G-4A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 2042 TIME - 1045 N7104J PX- 0 0 2 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 122 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GUN COVE,LA HACKBERRY,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SOIL SURVEY.LANDED IN MARSH AREA W SMALL SHRUBS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7104J
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7104JRegistration cancelled Feb 15, 2018 · Bell 47G-4AAirframe modelBell 47G-4AEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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Other investigations on N7104J · 1
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