- Date
- March 12, 1969
- Place
- Fort Pierce, FL · FORT PIERCE, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4090GBell 47G-4A
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191058
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0783 69/3/12 FORT PIERCE,FLA BELL 47G-4A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 5582 TIME - 1000 N4090G PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- LDG ON RURAL ROAD ADJACENT TO TELEPHONE LINES.ROTOR WASH CAUSED LINE TO WHIP,BREAK,FALL ONTO M/R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4090G
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4090GRegistration cancelled Mar 5, 2018 · Bell 47G-4AAirframe modelBell 47G-4AEngine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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