- Date
- December 19, 1979
- Place
- Yucaipa, CA · YUCAIPA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7923SBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791219034609A
- Case key
- 132141
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4027 79/12/19 YUCAIPA,CA BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1430 N7923S PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 32, 3833 TOTAL HOURS, 94 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP RIVERSIDE,CA LOCAL YUCAIPA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG SURGED,LOST ALT,TURNED TO MISS PWRLINES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7923S
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7923SRegistration cancelled Mar 10, 2017 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.