- Date
- March 20, 1968
- Place
- Castaic, CA · CASTAIC, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7822SBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111645
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0500 68/3/20 NR.CASTAIC,CALIF BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1428 TIME - 1035 N7822S PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 254 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SITE 336A PAD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR STRUCK ADJACENT HIGHER TERRAIN,WHILE LNDG ON PAD TOO SMALL FOR TYPE OF ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7822S
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Site 336a Pad
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