- Date
- June 28, 1967
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA · VAN NUYS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1131WBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116808
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0256 67/6/28 VAN NUYS,CALIF BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N1131W PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL SURVEY AGE 26, 700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN NUYS MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN REMARKS- PLT MISUNDERSTOOD GROUND SIGNALMANS PARKING DIRECTIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1131W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van Nuys Muni
N1131WRegistration cancelled Jun 25, 2009 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N1131W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.