- Date
- June 11, 1980
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8270EBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800611023309A
- Case key
- 130405
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1723 80/6/11 LONG BEACH,CA BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 19, 506 TIME - 1530 N8270E PX- 0 0 2 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 129 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - QUEEN MARY HELI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8270E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Queen Mary Heli
N8270ERegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Bell 47GAirframe modelBell 47GEngine modelFranklin 6VS-335 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.