- Date
- September 7, 1980
- Place
- Bellflower, CA · BELLFLOWER, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3084GBell 47G-3B
- Status
- Completed · report December 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800907040709A
- Case key
- 128992
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2996 80/9/7 BELLFLOWER,CA BELL 47G-3B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1445 N3084G PX- 0 0 2 AERIAL ADVERTISING AGE 29, 1645 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 65 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BCH/DAUGHERT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- JUST BFR TCHDWN,PLT TURNED HEL TO AVOID PEDESTRIANS.HIT TELEPHONE POLE,WIRES & TREE.BANNER TOW FLT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3084G
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Bch/Daughert
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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.
Other investigations on N3084G · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX01LA098Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWinterhaven, CAA failure of the transmission free wheeling unit due to improper maintenance. A factor was the dark night visual condition.NTSB LAX99LA049Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWinterhaven, CAThe failure of the pilot to maintain rotor rpm. A factor was his attempt to take off over gross weight.NTSB LAX75DUG22Accident · No injuriesClosedJoshua Tree, CA