- Date
- September 3, 1978
- Place
- Pasadena, CA · PASADENA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1135WBell 47G-3B
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780903043389A
- Case key
- 139414
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3926 78/9/3 PASADENA,CA BELL 47G-3B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 875 TIME - 2315 N1135W PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 225 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE ELSINORE,CA BURBANK,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) ROTORCRAFT - MISCELLANEOUS UNITS AND ASSEMBLIES: DUAL TACHOMETER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- REAR BEARING,P/N ND77038,OF ENG TACH GEN,P/N AN 5531-1,S/N 18747,SEIZED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1135W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1135W · 3
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