- Date
- June 7, 1971
- Place
- Pacoima, CA · PACOIMA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161906
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2125 71/6/7 PACOIMA,CALIF BELL 47G3B2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 4286 TIME - 0540 N2220W PX- 0 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 372 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITEMAN AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PACOIMA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- M/R BLDS HIT N1133W,SUB DMG.PLT WAS NOT AWARE THAT N1133W HAD MOVED OFF HIS HELO SPOT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2125 71/6/7 PACOIMA,CALIF BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 3893 TIME - 0540 N1133W PX- 0 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITEMAN AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PACOIMA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- HIT BY N2220W,SUB DMG.PLT PICKED ACFT UP TO TAXI,LND ON SIGNAL BUT NOT ON CENTER OF HELO SPOT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1133W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Whiteman Airpark
N1133WRegistration cancelled Mar 27, 2006 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N2220W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Whiteman Airpark
N2220WRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Bell 47G-3B-2Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-2Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.