- Date
- January 4, 1980
- Place
- Eagle Pass, TX · EAGLE PASS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4748RBell 47G4A
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800104000339A
- Case key
- 132210
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0055 80/1/4 NR.EAGLE PASS,TX BELL 47G4A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1640 TIME - 1100 N4748R PX- 0 0 1 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 1599 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAGLE PASS,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- CYCLIC LOCKED IN AFT POSITION.SERVO PIVOT BOLT TO SERVO,P/N 103650-3,MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4748R
- Reported as
- Bell 47G4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.