- Date
- March 5, 1979
- Place
- Williams, AZ · WILLIAMS, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N33613Bell 47G-3B
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790305008409A
- Case key
- 137063
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1004 79/3/5 WILLIAMS,AZ BELL 47G-3B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 1824 TIME - 1630 N33613 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 143 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMS,AZ PRESCOTT,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 25000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 45 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- D/A APPROX 10600FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33613
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N33613Registration cancelled Jun 11, 2012 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming 0-435
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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.