- Date
- February 6, 1978
- Place
- No.Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · NO.PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N73288Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780206001599A
- Case key
- 147516
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0354 78/2/6 NO.PACIFIC OCEAN BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 7550 TIME - 1500 N73288 PX- 0 1 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 5350 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FISHING BOAT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 81 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT THOUGHT ALL TIE DOWNS WERE LOOSE. GUSTING TO 20K. CRASHED AT 13 DEG N,93 DEG W.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73288
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N73288Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N73288 · 2
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