- Date
- July 10, 1980
- Place
- Mescalero, NM · MESCALERO, NM
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73972Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129146
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2299 80/7/10 MESCALERO,NM BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 3292 TIME - 0830 N73972 PX- 0 2 0 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, 153 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION APACHE SUMMIT,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- PLT STATED MAY HAVE ROLLED OFF THROTTLE DURING ATTEMPT TO REGAIN ROTOR RPM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73972
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N73972Registration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N73972 · 4
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