- Date
- May 10, 1972
- Place
- Lebec, CA · LEBEC, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1360XBell 47G-3B
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166070
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1882 72/5/10 LEBEC,CALIF BELL 47G-3B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1355 N1360X PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 31, 5338 TOTAL HOURS, 6 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTERVILLE,CALIF RIALTO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SCREW MISG FROM VALVE,PN 475C-61NW SP,ON CARB BOWL ALLOWED FUEL TO RUN OVRBRD.INSUF FUEL TO ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1360X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1360XRegistration cancelled Jun 21, 2012 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N1360X · 1
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