- Date
- April 25, 1973
- Place
- Humboldt, TN · HUMBOLDT, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2245WBell 47G-4
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730425009929A
- Case key
- 190729
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0973 73/4/25 HUMBOLDT,TENN BELL 47G-4 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 6550 TIME - 0955 N2245W PX- 0 1 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 4000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UN CLR WIRES,ATMTD SLO DWN AND DSCND BTWN WIRES. HELICOPTER HIT WIRES,PLT LOST CTL.PWR LINE PATROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2245W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.