- Date
- November 28, 1976
- Place
- Glen Ivy, CA · GLEN IVY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N62883Bell 47J
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761128039539A
- Case key
- 156370
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3508 76/11/28 NR.GLEN IVY,CA BELL 47J CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1715 TIME - 0500 N62883 PX- 1 0 0 SCHED CARGO SRV TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLEN IVY,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: RUNNING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FROST CONTROL. PAX WAS TO DIRECT PILOT & FAILED TO ADVISE PILOT OF WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62883
- Reported as
- Bell 47J
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.