- Date
- January 9, 1971
- Place
- Runing Spgs, CA · RUNING SPGS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N73957Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159984
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0471 71/1/9 RUNING SPGS,CALIF BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0728 N73957 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 52, 11200 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2319 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KELLER PEAK,HELIPORT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: RUNNING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ROTOR RPM.SETTLED,CAME TO REST INVERTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73957
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage