- Date
- September 14, 1979
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N930NRBell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790914036169A
- Case key
- 133632
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3068 79/9/14 LONG BEACH,CA BELL 47J-2 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 4200 TIME - 1210 N930NR PX- 4 0 0 NS CTR PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR BLADE(PN 47-642-102)FAILED.FATIGUE CRACK ORIGINATED ON INSIDE DIAM OF GRIP SEC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N930NR
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N930NRRegistration cancelled Mar 23, 2018 · Bell 47J-2Airframe modelBell 47J-2Engine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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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.