- Date
- August 5, 1975
- Place
- Mt.Baldy, CA · MT.BALDY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1358XBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750805022439A
- Case key
- 149548
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1734 75/8/5 NR.MT.BALDY,CA BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1734 TIME - 1030 N1358X PX- 0 1 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 131 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP UPLAND,CA RETURN MT.BALDY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1358X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1358XRegistration cancelled Jul 13, 2017 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1358X · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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