- Date
- July 5, 1969
- Place
- Siera Madre, CA · SIERA MADRE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1126WBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201453
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2093 69/7/5 SIERA,MADRE,CALIF BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1348 N1126W PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL AGE 37, 2130 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 700 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: OTHER EQUIP-ELEC RELEASE MALFUNCTION,UN DROP WATER BAG. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT UN TO CLEAR RISING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1126W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1126WRegistration cancelled Jul 16, 2013 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N1126W · 1
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