- Date
- August 12, 1980
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1131WBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129275
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2590 80/8/12 LOS ANGELES,CA BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0934 N1131W PX- 0 0 1 TEST AGE 41, 6889 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 89 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLENDALE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUNNING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LNDD IN PARKING LOT,4 CARS DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1131W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1131WRegistration cancelled Jun 25, 2009 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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